Almira
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Almira, Königin von Castilien ("Almira, Queen of Castile", HWV 1; full title: Der in Krohnen erlangte Glücks-Wechsel, oder: Almira, Königin von Castilien) is Handel's first opera, composed when he was 19 years old. It was first performed in Hamburg in January 1705.
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- Opera.name
- Almira
- Opera.composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Opera.image
- Almira Titelblatt.jpg
- Opera.image_upright
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- Opera.caption
- Title page of the libretto, 1708
- Opera.librettist
- Friedrich Christian Feustking
- Opera.based_on
- libretto by Giulio Pancheri
- Opera.premiere_location
- Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg
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- Georg Friedrich Händel - Almira - title page of the libretto - Hamburg 1704.png
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- 1800-00-00
- date of first performance
- 1705-01-08
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13 sectionsContents
- Background
- Performance history
- Roles
- Synopsis
- Act 1
- Act 2
- Act 3
- Context and analysis
- Arrangements
- Recordings
- See also
- References
- External links
Almira, Königin von Castilien ("Almira, Queen of Castile", HWV 1; full title: Der in Krohnen erlangte Glücks-Wechsel, oder: Almira, Königin von Castilien) is Handel's first opera, composed when he was 19 years old. It was first performed in Hamburg in January 1705.
==Background== Georg Friedrich Händel came to the city of Hamburg in the summer of 1703 and played as a violinist in the theatre at the Gänsemarkt, the local market place. On later occasions, he also played the harpsichord in the orchestra. His first opera – announced as a Singspiel although it has no spoken dialogue – was premiered on 8 January 1705, after being composed in the months directly preceding this.