Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Specificity of Plot Composition of G.F. Handel’s opera “Rinaldo”

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2014 7 (3)
Authors
Kosheleva, Maria А.; Кошелева, М.А.
Contact information
Kosheleva, Maria А.:Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Music and Theatre 22 Lenin Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia; E-mail: ; Кошелева, М.А.:Красноярская государственная академия музыки и театра Россия, 660049, Красноярск, ул. Ленина, 22
Keywords
theatre; baroque; opera; G. Handel; libretto; A. Hill; G. Rossi; plot composition
Abstract

The article focuses on “Rinaldo”, one of the first operas that brought G.F. Handel European fame. According to the researchers, it is considered one of the composer’s best masterpieces. However, Russian sources provide with the most general information only. Against the background of the renaissance of baroque opera in stage practice of the XX century there appeared a considerable research interest to a musical theatre of this period and Handel’s operatic creative work including. The time to attract attention to a 26-year-old German genius has come. The article attempts to systematize the available information connected with the history of Handel’s opera creation, to reveal the specificity of interpretation of the literary primary source in A. Hill’s scenario and G. Rossi’s libretto, to find out the specific features of the plot composition on the basis of the libretto analysis and its study in the context of theatre traditions within the period from the end of the XVII century till the beginning of the XVIII century

Pages
490-497
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/10258

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