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Ombra Mai Fu from Serse by Handel
“Ombra mai fu” is an aria from the opera “Serse” by George Frideric Handel. The libretto is based on works by Silvio Stampiglia and Niccolo Minato. It was composed between…
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Ombra Mai Fu from Handel’s Xerxes
Listen to Fritz Wunderlich’s rendition of Handel’s “Ombra mai fu” from Xerxes on vinyl. Wunderlich was a German lyric tenor with a musical family background. Despite his father’s suicide when…
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Largo from Xerxes – Handel
Andreas Scholl pays tribute to Georg Friedrich Haendel with his rendition of “Ombra mai fu” from the opera “Xerxes”. The performance took place on April 14, 1759, marking the 250th…
