''Der beglückte Florindo'' (
HWV 3) is an
opera composed by
Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...
at the request of
Reinhard Keiser, the manager of the Hamburg Opera. It was first performed (after Handel had left for Italy) at the
Theater am Gänsemarkt in January 1708. It was probably directed from the
harpsichord
A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...
by
Christoph Graupner
Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel.
Life
Born in Hartmannsdorf ...
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The opera was the first part of a double opera, with the second part, ''Die verwandelte Daphne'', intended to be performed on the following evening. Keiser inserted a play in low German, called ''die lustige Hochzeit'', into the opera, afraid that the audience would get tired otherwise. Handel was not pleased, according to
Romain Rolland. Only fragments of the score survive, but a copy of the libretto exists in the
Library of Congress.
[Coopersmith, J. M., Review of ''Handel'' by Herbert Weinstock (December 1946). ''Notes'' (2nd Ser.), 4 (1): pp. 85-89.]
The libretto was by
Hinrich Hinsch Hinrich is both a masculine given name and a surname, a variant of Heinrich, the German form of Henry. People with the name include:
Given name:
*Hinrich Braren (1751–1826), Danish sailor and writer
*Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf (1893–1961), German po ...
, a lawyer, who also wrote the text for Keiser's first opera in Hamburg: ''Mahumet II'' (1696), based on the life of
Mehmet II. Hinsch had been writing librettos since 1681. He died in 1712.
See also
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George Frideric Handel's lost Hamburg operas
In 1703, the 18-year-old composer George Frideric Handel took up residence in Hamburg, Germany, where he remained until 1706. During this period he composed four operas, only the first of which, ''Almira'', has survived more or less intact. Of t ...
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