Handel on the Stage

Contents

• Preface
• 1. Handel and opera - a biographical survey of the circumstances
• 2. The libretto (1) - argument - dramatis personae
• 3. The libretto (2) - words for music
• 4. The music (1) - mastering the medium
• 5. The music (2) - its role in the drama
• 6. Aspects of the performance of Handelian opera in his time and in ours
• Appendix: an overview of the repertory of the Royal Academy of Music.