Which baroque composer wrote for the King's Theatre in Haymarket?
Sosarme Sosarme, re di Media ("Sosarmes, King of Media", HWV 30) is an opera by George Frideric Handel written in 1732 for the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London, where it ran for 12 performances. The text was based on an earlier libretto by Antonio Salvi, "Dionisio, Re di Portogallo" (Dionisius, King of Portugal), and adapted by an unknown writer. The original setting of Portugal was changed to Sardis in Lydia.
John Baston John Baston, ("fl." 1708–1739) was an English Baroque composer, recorder player and cellist. He performed in his own ‘interval music’ concertos in London; several of these lively pieces were published as "Six Concertos in Six Parts for Violins and Flutes" (1729).