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CREATION Handel 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 ''—had its premiere on 8 January 1705 under the direction of Reinhard Keiser , so it is presumed that it must have been composed in the months directly preceding this. The Italian Libretto was written by Giulio Pancieri in Venice in 1691 . Giuseppe Boninventi used it in his opera at the time. The translation used by Handel was made by Christian Feustking. While most of the recited parts and Aria s are sung in German, some remain untranslated. "Almira" was a resounding success. The opera was shown twenty times in total until its place was taken by Handel's next opera, Nero , whose music has not been preserved. In 1732 the piece was once more shown in a version edited by Georg Philipp Telemann . The first modern showing of Almira took place during the “Halleschen Händelfestspiele” (a festival dedicated to Handel) on the 4 June 1994 , in Bad Lauchstädt . CHARACTERS The characters are as follows:
Thus "Almira" is an exception amongst Handel's operas, in that all the male characters have natural tonalities. REFERENCES
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