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Background: Fernando, re di Castiglia is not a title opera-goers will be familiar with, although the music may be familiar as Fernando later became Sosarme, one of Handel's finest operas. The opera is set in late 13th-century Portugal. The characters are loosely based on historical figures - the Portuguese King Dionisio, his rebellious son Alfonso and Fernando, King of Castille. It seems the reasons for the original Fernando plot transforming into Sosarme was political. In the first half of the eighteenth century Portugal, under King John V, was a firm ally of Britain, and a libretto presenting the Portuguese royal family in an unflattering light might have seemed too risky. Two-thirds of the way through the composition Handel decided to change the characters and location to mythical antiquity and the new opera was born. |
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COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel |
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- Mar-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. |
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