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Opera:
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Xerxes
(Serse)
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer:
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Handel
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Librettist:
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Niccolo Minato
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Description:
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Baroque Opera in III Acts
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Notes:
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Setting of the time and place in this opera
is usually abstract
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Time:
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486-465 B.C.
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Place:
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Ancient Persia (Achaemenides Dynasty)
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Premiere Date:
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May 15, 1738
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Premiere Location:
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London.
King’s Theatre
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Xerxes (Serse)
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Mezzo-Soprano (Tenor)
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L
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Romilda
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Soprano
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L
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Arsamenes (Arsamene)
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Mezzo-Soprano (Tenor)
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F
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Amastris (Amastre)
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Contralto
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F
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Atalante
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Soprano
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F
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Ariodates (Ariodate)
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Bass
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F
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Elviro
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Bass
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S
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Minimum Chorus:
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16
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Divisi:
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SATB
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