Operas
All works are opera seria in three acts, unless otherwise stated.
| HWV | Title | Premiere | Venue | Libretto | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01_11 | Almira | 1705-01-088 January 1705 | Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | FeustkingFriedrich Christian Feustking, after G. Pancieri | Singspiel |
| 02_12 | Nero | 1705-02-2525 February 1705 | Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | FeustkingFriedrich Christian Feustking | Music lost |
| 03_13 | Florindo | 1708-00-001708 | Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | HinschHinrich Hinsch | Only a copy of the libretto and fragments of the music survive |
| 04_14 | Daphne | 1708-00-001708 | Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | HinschHinrich Hinsch | Music lost |
| 05_15 | Rodrigo | 1707-00-001707 | Florence | Salvaniafter F. Salvani | |
| 06_16 | Agrippina | 1710-00-00Late 1709 / Early 1710 | Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo, Venice | GrimaniVincenzo Grimani | |
| 07_17a/b | Rinaldo | 1711-01-2424 February 1711 | Queen's Theatre, London | RossiGiacomo Rossi/Aaron Hill, after Torquato Tasso, La Gerusalemme liberata | |
| 08_18a/b/c | Il pastor fido | 1712-11-2222 November 1712 | Queen's Theatre, London | RossiGiacomo Rossi, after Guarini | The 1712 version is 8a. The 1734 revised versions are designated 8c. The prologue Terpsicore added to the final version is 8b. |
| 09_19 | Teseo | 1713-01-1010 January 1713 | Queen's Theatre, London | HaymNicola Francesco Haym, after Philippe Quinault | 5 acts |
| 10_110 | Silla | 1713-06-00June 1713? | London? | RossiGiacomo Rossi, after Plutarch | Music reused in Amadigi |
| 11_111 | Amadigi di Gaula | 1715-05-0025 May 1715 | King's Theatre, London | RossiHaymRossi or Haym (?), after A.H. de la Motte, 1699 | |
| 12_112a/b | Radamisto | 1720-04-2727 April 1720 | King’s Theatre, London | HaymHaym (?), after D. Lalli | |
| 13_113 | Muzio Scevola | 1721-04-1515 April 1721 | King’s Theatre, London | RolliPaolo Antonio Rolli, after Silvio Stampiglia | only Act 3 by Handel |
| 14_114 | Floridante | 1721-12-099 December 1721 | King’s Theatre, London | RolliRolli, after Francesco Silvani La costanza in trionfo | |
| 15_115 | Ottone | 1723-01-1212 January 1723 | King’s Theatre, London | HaymHaym, after S B Pallavicino | |
| 16_116 | Flavio | 1723-05-1414 May 1723 | King’s Theatre, London | HaymHaym, after M Norris | |
| 17_117 | Giulio Cesare | 1724-02-2020 February 1724 | King’s Theatre, London | HaymHaym | |
| 18_118 | Tamerlano | 1724-10-3131 October 1724 | King’s Theatre, London | HaymHaym, after Agostin Piovene and Nicholas Pradon | |
| 19_119 | Rodelinda | 1725-02-1313 February 1725 | King’s Theatre, London | HaymHaym, after Antonio Salvi, after Pierre Corneille | |
| 20_120 | Scipione | 1726-03-1212 March 1726 | King’s Theatre, London | RolliRolli | |
| 21_121 | Alessandro | 1726-05-055 May 1726 | King’s Theatre, London | MauroO Mauro | |
| 22_122 | Admeto | 1727-01-3131 January 1727 | King’s Theatre, London | HaymHaym | |
| 23_123 | Riccardo Primo | 1727-11-1111 November 1727 | King’s Theatre, London | RolliRolli, after Francesco Briani | |
| 23_2A2 | Genserico (or Olibrio) | 0000-00-00 | BereganAfter N. Beregan | Drafted early 1728. Only part of Act I. Music mostly used in Siroe and Tolomeo. | |
| 24_124 | Siroe | 1728-02-1717 February 1728 | King’s Theatre, London | HaymHaym, after Metastasio | |
| 25_125 | Tolomeo | 1728-04-3030 April 1728 | King’s Theatre, London | HaymHaym, adapted from Carlo Sigismondo Capece | |
| 26_126 | Lotario | 1729-12-022 December 1729 | King’s Theatre, London | SalviAfter Antonio Salvi | |
| 27_127 | Partenope | 1730-02-2424 February 1730 | King’s Theatre, London | StampigliaAfter Silvio Stampiglia | |
| 28_128 | Poro | 1731-02-022 February 1731 | King’s Theatre, London | MetastasioAfter Metastasio | |
| 28_2A5 | Titus l'Empereur | 0000-00-00 | RacineAfter J. Racine: Bérénice | Only one act (first three scenes) with some music used in Ezio. Composed late 1731. | |
| 29_129 | Ezio | 1732-01-1515 January 1732 | King’s Theatre, London | MetastasioMetastasio | |
| 30_130 | Sosarme | 1732-02-1515 February 1732 | King’s Theatre, London | SalviAfter Salvi | |
| 31_131 | Orlando | 1733-01-2727 January 1733 | King’s Theatre, London | CapeceAfter Capece, after Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso | |
| 32_132 | Arianna in Creta | 1734-01-2626 January 1734 | King’s Theatre, London | PariatiAfter Pietro Pariati | |
| 32_2A11 | Oreste | 1734-12-1818 December 1734 | Covent Garden Theatre, London | BarlocciAdapted from G.G. Barlocci | Pasticcio, composed in 1734. Music entirely by Handel. Overture published in HG volume 48 (p. 102). |
| 33_133 | Ariodante | 1735-01-088 January 1735 | Covent Garden Theatre, London | SalviAfter Salvi, after Ariosto's Orlando Furioso | |
| 34_134 | Alcina | 1735-04-1616 April 1735 | Covent Garden Theatre, London | AriostoAfter Ariosto's Orlando Furioso | |
| 35_135 | Atalanta | 1736-05-1212 May 1736 | Covent Garden Theatre, London | ValerianiAfter Belisario Valeriani | |
| 36_136 | Arminio | 1737-01-1212 January 1737 | Covent Garden Theatre, London | SalviAfter Salvi | |
| 37_137 | Giustino | 1737-02-1616 February 1737 | Covent Garden Theatre, London | PariatiAdapted from Pariati's Giustino, after Nicolo Beregan's Il Giustino | |
| 38_138 | Berenice | 1737-05-1818 May 1737 | Covent Garden Theatre, London | SalviAfter Salvi | |
| 39_139 | Faramondo | 1738-01-033 January 1738 | King’s Theatre, London | ZenoAdapted from Apostolo Zeno's Faramondo | |
| 39_2A13 | Alessandro Severo | 1738-02-2525 February 1738 | King’s Theatre, London | ZenoAdapted from Zeno | Pasticcio, composed in 1738. Music entirely by Handel. Overture published in HG volume 48 (page 104). |
| 40_140 | Serse (Xerxes) | 1738-04-1515 April 1738 | King’s Theatre, London | StampigliaAfter Stampiglia | |
| 40_2A14 | Giove in Argo | 1739-05-011 May 1739 | King’s Theatre, London | LucchiniAdapted from A.M. Lucchini | Pasticcio, composed in April 1739. Music entirely by Handel. Semi-staged. |
| 41_141 | Imeneo | 1740-11-2222 November 1740 | Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London | StampigliaAfter Stampiglia's Imeneo | |
| 42_142 | Deidamia | 1741-01-1010 January 1741 | Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London | RolliRolli |
Read more about this topic: List Of Compositions By George Frideric Handel