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The opera Agrippina by George Frideric Handel premiered in Venice.

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Agrippina (opera)

1709 opera seria by G. F. Handel

Agrippina is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani. Composed for the 1709–10 Venice Carnevale season, the opera tells the story of Agrippina, the mother of Nero, as she plots the downfall of the Roman Emperor Claudius…
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George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)

George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
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