La festa d'Imeneo
La festa d'Imeneo (The Festival of Hymenaeus) is a serenata by Nicola Porpora, with a libretto by Paolo Rolli[1]. It was premiered at the King's Theatre on 4 May 1736 by the Opera of the Nobility to mark the marriage of Porpora's patron Frederick, Prince of Wales to Augusta of Saxe-Gotha on 27 April that year. The lead role was sung by Senesino, but it proved unsuccessful in the face of Handel's Atalanta, premiered later that month to mark the marriage.
References
- ^ Thomas McGeary, The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain, page 279