Ombra mai fu

E561794

"Ombra mai fu" is a renowned Baroque aria from George Frideric Handel's opera *Serse*, celebrated for its serene, lyrical melody and frequent performance as a standalone concert piece.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ombra mai fu canonical 8
“Ombra mai fu” 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aria ⓘ
classical composition ⓘ
musical work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Handel’s Largo ⓘ
Largo from Xerxes ⓘ
basedOnTextBy Silvio Stampiglia ⓘ
catalogueNumber HWV 40 (within opera Serse) ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 18th century ⓘ
composer George Frideric Handel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Great Britain ⓘ
firstLine Ombra mai fu ⓘ
frequentlyArrangedFor organ ⓘ
piano ⓘ
string orchestra ⓘ
voice and piano ⓘ
frequentlyPerformedAs church solo ⓘ
concert piece ⓘ
genre Baroque music ⓘ
opera aria ⓘ
key F major ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
mood serene ⓘ
movementType aria di sortita ⓘ
operaCharacter Serse ⓘ
operaPremiereDate 1738 ⓘ
operaPremiereLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
operaPremiereTheatre King’s Theatre, Haymarket ⓘ
originalInstrumentation voice and orchestra ⓘ
partOf Serse ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
positionInOpera Act I ⓘ
Scene 1 ⓘ
style lyrical ⓘ
subject shade of a plane tree ⓘ
sungByCharacter Xerxes I of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Xerxes I
tempoMarking Largo ⓘ
textAuthor Nicola Francesco Haym ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
tonalCenter F major ⓘ
typicalUse funeral and memorial services ⓘ
recital repertoire ⓘ
wedding music ⓘ
vocalRange baritone ⓘ
countertenor ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ
soprano ⓘ
tenor ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Serse → famousAria → Ombra mai fu ⓘ
Serse → aria → Ombra mai fu ⓘ
Ombra mai fu → firstLine → Ombra mai fu ⓘ
HWV 40 → hasPart → Ombra mai fu ⓘ
HWV 40 → famousFor → Ombra mai fu ⓘ
HWV 40 → aria → Ombra mai fu ⓘ
HWV 40 → notableExcerpt → Ombra mai fu ⓘ
HWV 40 → hasKeyAria → Ombra mai fu ⓘ
Voice of the Violin → hasTrack → “Ombra mai fu” ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Voice of the Violin"
linked to: Ombra mai fu