HANDEL: Serse*

HANDEL: Serse* 26 April. London, Hm. Text altered from an earlier libretto by N. Minato (first set to music by Cavalli, see 1654). Three acts. Handel’s only opera with a comic plot (if not a comic opera in the strict sense of the word). The famous Largo (Ombra mai fu . . .) occurs in Serse. Performed 5 times only. Many revivals include: GÖTTINGEN 5 July 1924 (in German, translated by O. Hagen ). VIENNA, SCHÖNBRUNN 30 May 1925 (in German, translated by O. Hagen). BUDAPEST 12 May 1928 (in…