Information About

Imeneo





PERFORMANCE HISTORY


The opera was first given at the Lincoln's Inn Fields in London on 22 November 1740 , although Handel wrote the score in 1738 . It was performed again on 13 December and then in Dublin in a concert version on 24 and 31 March 1742 . The first modern production was in Halle on 13 March 1960 .


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SOURCES


''Imeneo'' by Anthony Hicks, in 'The New Grove Dictionary Of Opera ', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7