George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Poro, Re dell´Indie HWV 28
Solo voices, orchestra
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Details
- For
- Solo voices, orchestra
- Product Type
- Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Editor
- Graham Cummings
- Product number
- 1582665
- Lyrics
- Pietro Metastasio
Description
Scoring: Soprano solo, Alto solo (3), Tenor solo, Bass solo, Recorder (2), Flute, Oboe (2), Horn (2), Trumpet, Violin (3), Viola, Basses
The Indian king Poros offers fierce resistance during Alexander the Great's conquest of India in 327 BC. When the defence threatens to fail, his lover Cleofide decides to use her beauty to ensnare Alexander and to save Poros.
The libretto of the opera "Poro, Re dell'Indie” which was first performed in 1731, is based on Metastasio's "Alessandro nell'In...