Sosarme, re di Media, HWV 30
Sosarme, re di Media ("Sosarmes, King of Media", HWV 30) is an opera by George Frideric Handel written in 1732 for the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London, where it ran for 12 performances. The text was based on an earlier libretto by Antonio Salvi, Dionisio, Re di Portogallo (Dionisius, King of Portugal), and adapted by an unknown writer. The original setting of Portugal was changed to Sardis in Lydia.
Movements
Atto I
- "Rend' il sereno al ciglio"
Act II
- "Vado, vado al campo" (Erenice)
Atto II
- no. 39. "Per le porte del tormento" (Elmira, Sosarme)
- Atto III