Almira

This article is about the opera. For other uses, see Almira (disambiguation).

Almira
Opera by George Frideric Handel
Title page of the libretto, 1708
LibrettistFriedrich Christian Feustking
Language
  • German
  • Italian
Based onlibretto by Giulio Pancheri
Premiere
8 January 1705 (1705-01-08)
Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg

Almira, Königin von Castilien ("Almira, Queen of Castile", HWV 1; full title: Der in Krohnen erlangte Glücks-Wechsel, oder: Almira, Königin von Castilien) is Handel's first opera, composed when he was 19 years old. It was first performed in Hamburg in January 1705.

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