Händel's operas, like other drammi per musica of his era, focused on characters' emotions and their choices between opposing ideals like love and honor.
Composition History
Händel's opera Rinaldo, premiered in London in 1711, was the first Italian opera composed in Great Britain.
Composition History
The Royal Academy of Music, founded by aristocrats in 1719, aimed to produce high-quality Italian operas, with Händel as orchestra conductor and composer.
Compositional Technique
Baroque composers, including Händel, used conventional techniques to express specific 'affects' or emotions, which were seen as objective and rational processes.
Composer Biography
Georg Friedrich Händel's true calling was opera, dedicating most of his professional life to writing and performing them.
Composition History
Händel traveled to Italy in 1706 to learn Italian music, which was considered fashionable at the time.
Performer Biography
L'Apothéose, a Spanish ensemble, has won numerous international awards and is a resident group of Spain's largest classical music institution, the CNDM.
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