Sosarme, re di Media is an opera by George Frideric Handel written in 1732 for the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London, where it ran for 12 performances. The text was based on an earlier libretto by Antonio Salvi, Dionisio, Re di Portogallo, and adapted by an unknown writer. The original setting of Portugal was changed to Sardis in Lydia.
George Frideric Handel
Senesino, who created the role of Sosarme
The King's Theatre, London, where Sosarme had its first performance
Ian Wallace (bass-baritone)
Ian Bryce Wallace OBE was an English bass-baritone opera and concert singer, actor and broadcaster of Scottish extraction.
Ian Wallace as Bartolo, Glyndebourne, 1961
Wallace's headstone