HANDEL: Almira*

HANDEL: Almira* 8 January. Hamburg Text by F. C. Feustking (founded on an Italian librettob y G. Pancieri, set to music by Boniventi in 1691). Three acts. The full title reads: Der in Krohnen erlangte Glückswechsel, oder Almira, Koenigin von Castilien. Handel’s first opera, containing 41 German and 15 Italian airs. Revived Hamburg 7 February 1732 (with alterations; probably revised by Telemann). Modern revivals, in a new version by J. N. Fuchs , were at Hamburg 14 January 1878 (bicentenary of…