 Georg Friedrich Händel - Il pastor fido - title page of the libretto - London 1712 Image by Georg Friedrich Händel, Giacomo Rossi, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Dorinda DuncanIl pastor fido (Handel) Il pastor fido (Handel) Add article description Il pastor fido ("The Faithful Shepherd") (HWV 8) is an opera seria in a prologue and three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was set to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi based on the famed and widely familiar pastoral poem of the 'Il pastor fido' by Giovanni Battista Guarini. It had its first performance on 22 November 1712 at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket, London. title page of the libretto Performance history The Queen's Theatre, London, where Il Pastor Fido had its first performance It was composed in 1712 and first performed on 22 November of the same year under the composer. The opera opened to a largely… (Source: Wikipedia)
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