Handel - Berenice
Score of Händel's Berenice
Chrysander | Edition 1883 | 114 pages | Single jpgs (1000x1400) in a zip-file | 20 MB
Chrysander | Edition 1883 | 114 pages | Single jpgs (1000x1400) in a zip-file | 20 MB
Berenice, regina d'Egitto (Berenice, Queen of Egypt) (HWV 38) is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian text by Antonio Salvi originally written in Italy in 1709. It was first performed at the Covent Garden Theatre in London on 18 May 1737. It was not successful. It was only given four times. It is based upon the life of Cleopatra Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy IX (the main character in Handel's opera Tolomeo) and is set in around 81 BC.