tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494570176072120915.post6662150574651068257..comments2021-03-19T08:56:06.025+00:00Comments on Derek Alsop's Handel Archive: Handel’s Ariodante – An IntroductionDr Derek Alsop http://www.blogger.com/profile/12286786300550662368noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494570176072120915.post-11355922951923804372013-05-08T18:41:22.710+01:002013-05-08T18:41:22.710+01:00I just came across your Blog Archive while I was d...I just came across your Blog Archive while I was doing some research on Handel and I'm so happy I found it! I'm a big Handel fan myself and I must say I do agree with you, Mr. Alsop. I think Ariodante is one of Handel's finest operas. The score is so magnificent! <br />It must have been very difficult for him to present a new opera after his best singers had deserted him, especially Senesino and Francesca Cuzzoni.<br />I read that on the opening night Handel decided not to perform the dream sequence at the end of Act Two which portrayed a ballet between Ginevra's pleasant and fatal dreams. He also decided to replace one of his finest operatic arias for bass, "Invida sorte avara" with a new aria, "Più contento e più felice", sung by the King of Scotland. I wonder why he decided to carry out these alterations.<br /><br />Congratulations for your brilliant blog.<br /><br />Francisco Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05106321906519495115noreply@blogger.com