STEFFANI: Henrico Leone

STEFFANI: Henrico Leone 30 January. Hanover Text by O. Mauro. Three acts. Written for the inauguration of the Hanover Italian opera-house. Steffani’s most successful work. Given in a German translation by G. Fiedler at Hamburg 1696; Brunswick August 1697 (revived August 1699; 2 February 1716 [with Italian airs, some from Steffani’s Tassilone, and additions by G. C. Schürmann]; August 1729); Augsburg 1698; Stuttgart 11 October 1701 (as Mechthilde). Date of first performance indicated in a letter…