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Il convito d‘Alessandro

HWV 75

Il convito d‘Alessandro

Musical director: Attilio Cremonesi / Händelfestspielorchester Halle / MDR-Rundfunkchor
Soloists: N.N. (Sopran), N.N. (Tenor), N.N. (Bass)

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60, 45, 35

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Kicking off this “Italian” Handel Festival is the historic revival of the first Italian version of Alexander’s Feast. It was an English Lord who infected the Grand Duke of Tuscany – later Emperor Leopold II – with a love of Handel’s oratorios. On 21 April 1768, the first ever performance of Alexander’s Feast on the continent took place in Lord Cowper’s villa outside the gates of Florence, followed two days later by a performance