Porus : an opera as it is perform'd at the Kings Theatre in the Hay Market / compos'd by Mr. Handel.: MU.522

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Porus : an opera as it is perform'd at the Kings Theatre in the Hay Market / compos'd by Mr. Handel.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Metastasio, Pietro,
Binder: J.S. Wilson and Son,

Description

Contains the overture, all the arias, duets and final chorus, with the following variants: 7a, 27a. Omits the sinfonie, all the recitatives.
HWV 28.
"A table of songs" -- preliminary page [3], with bookseller's advertisement at foot of page: "The following works of Mr. Handel's printed fro I. Walsh ..."
First performed on 2 February 1731, at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, in London.
Imprint date from Smith.
Text is an altered version of Metastasio's Alessandro nell'Indie. Cf. Loewenberg. Annals of opera.
Also known by titles: Triumph der Grossmuth and Treue; Cleofida, Koenigin von Indien; Apollo festeggiante.
Possibly received unbound. Bound in yellow ochre buckram by "J.S. Wilson & Son, Cambridge" 192-?.
Former shelf numbers: 31.F.20a.

Measurements and weight

1 score ([5], 2-82 pages) ; 39 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Bardell, (Mrs.)

Dating

Production date: AD 1731 : London, Printed for and sold by I. Walsh, Musick Printer & Instrument maker to his Majesty at the Harp and Hoboy in Catherine Street in the Strand [1731]