TITLE: IMENEO HWV 41DRAMMA PER MUSICA IN TRE ATTI
COMPOSER / AUTHOR: HÄNDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICH

DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: ALTO SOLO, 1. SOPRANO SOLO, 2. SOPRANO SOLO, 1. BASS SOLO, 2. BASS SOLO, MIXED CHOIR, PIANO
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
LIBRETTIST: STAMPIGLIA, SILVIO
ARRANGER: PACHOLKE, MICHAEL
EDITOR: BURROWS, DONALD
TRANSLATOR / FURTHER PARTICIPANTS: PACHOLKE, MICHAEL
PRODUCT FORMAT: VOCAL SCORE, URTEXT EDITION
LANGUAGE(S) OF WORK: GERMAN, ITALIAN
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: GERMAN, ENGLISH
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: PAPERBACK

DESCRIPTION:
-IMENEO WAS PREMIÈRED AT LINCOLN ’S INN FIELD IN LONDON ON 22 NOVEMBER 1740 AND GIVEN A SECOND PERFORMANCE ON 13 DECEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR. UNLIKE THE VARIED EVENTS AND CONVOLUTED ACTION OTHERWISE TYPICAL OF OPERA SERIA , IT HAS AN UNCOMPLICATED PLOT LINE WITH A CLEAR DRAMATIC STRUCTURE AND EXCELLENT MUSIC. THE ARRANGER OF THE LIBRETTO IS UNKNOWN.
HANDEL WROTE THIS OPERA FOR HIS FINAL SEASON IN LONDON , BUT HE ALSO REVIVED IT IN DUBLIN ON 24 AND 31 MARCH 1742 AS A “ SERENATA ”. FOR THIS REVIVAL, PRESUMABLY A CONCERT PERFORMANCE, HE ALTERED THE 1740 SCORE. THE ALTERATIONS ARE LISTED IN THE APPENDIX TO THE VOCAL SCORE.

-OUR VOCAL SCORE IS BASED ON THE URTEXT OF THE FULL SCORE PUBLISHED IN THE HALLE HANDEL EDITION.

EASY-TO-PLAY PIANO REDUCTION DESIGNED FOR PERFORMERS
VOCAL PARTS WITH THE URTEXT FROM THE HALLE HANDEL EDITION