Floridante
Floridante (HWV 14) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was by Paolo Antonio Rolli after Francesco Silvani's libretto for Marc'Antonio Ziani dramma per musica "La costanza in trionfo" of 1696.

The opera was first given at the King's Theatre in London on 9 December 1721 and was a success with audiences, being revived by Handel in several subsequent seasons. The plot involves dynastic struggles and love tangles in a fictionalised Ancient Persia and is notable for an exceptionally beautiful duet, "Ah, mia cara."
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opera seria
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George Frideric Handel
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libretto
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Paolo Antonio Rolli
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Marc'Antonio Ziani
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King's Theatre
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Floridante
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9 December 1721
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