6. Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Christophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques

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Stereo: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759). Serse, HWV 40. Les Talens Lyriques. Ludwigshafener Theaterchor. Paula Rasmussen: Serse. Ann Hallenberg: Arsamene. Patricia Bardon: Amastre. Isabel Bayrakdarian: Romilda. Sandrine Piau: Atalanta. Marcello Lippi: Ariodate. Matteo Peirone: Elviro. Dir: Christophe Rousset. Serse (HWV40) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was first performed in London on 15 April 1738. The libretto is adapted by an unknown hand from that by Silvio Stampiglia for an earlier opera of the same name by Giovanni Bononcini in 1694. Stampiglia's libretto was itself based on one by Nicolò Minato that was set by Francesco Cavalli in 1654. The opera is set in Persia in 480 BC and is very loosely based upon Xerxes I of Persia, though there is little in either the libretto or music that is relevant to that setting.

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