George Frideric Handel’s perhaps most famous melody is sung to the text “Lascia ch’io pianga” in his opera “Rinaldo” in 1711. But in “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno”, the 22-year-old’s first oratorio, she can already be heard as “Lascio la spina, cogli la rosa”.
Concert: George Frideric Handel’s very first oratorio – culture
