Baerenreiter Verlag Arminio, HWV 36 - Handel/Pacholke/Kohs - Vocal Score

Opera in three acts

Composer: Georg Friedrich Handel
Editor: Michael Pacholke
Arranger: Andreas Kohs
Languages of work: German, Italian
Languages of text: English, German
Product format: Piano reduction, Urtext edition

Antonio Salvis "Arminio" is one of the best-loved operatic librettos of the Baroque period.

Against the historical background of the so-called "Battle of the Teutoburg Forest" in 9 AD in which the Cherusci leader Arminius as "Liberator of Germany" (Tacitus) inflicted a devastating defeat on the Romans, Handel's opera, first performed in 1737, is about the disputes between the Chatti and the Cherusci. Arminius has married the daughter of his arch-enemy Segestes. When he is imprisoned, Segestes, who has conspired with the Romans, sees his opportunity for revenge.

- Urtext edition based on the "Halle Handel Edition"
- Libretto in Italian with singable German translation
- Comprehensive foreword (German/English) with important information on the history of the libretto as well as on the genesis and the performance history of the work. A detailed resume of the plot is also contained.
- Extensive appendix with richly ornamented versions of two arias
- Idiomatic piano reduction