Terpsicore
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Terpsicore is a prologue in the form of an opéra-ballet by George Frideric Handel. Handel composed it in 1734 for a revision of his opera Il pastor fido which had first been presented in 1712. The rev
George Frideric Handel
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A picture of the theatre at Covent Garden where Terpsicore was first performed
Il pastor fido (Handel)
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Il pastor fido is an opera seria in 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 Giovan
Terpsicore
…Terpsicore (HWV)(8b) is a prologue in the form of an opéra-ballet by George Frideric Handel. Handel composed it in 1734 for a revision of his opera Il pastor fido which had first been presented in 1712. The revision of Il pastor fido with Terpsicore as the prologue was first performed on 9 November 1734 at Covent…
The Queen's Theatre, London, where Il Pastor Fido had its first performance
Giovanni Carestini, who sang the role of Mirtillo in the 1734 revivals
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Caricature of Anna Maria Strada, who sang the role of Amarilli in the 1734 revivals