[DOC] [TLE] Rinaldo (opera) - Wikipedia [PAR] Rinaldo (HWV 7) is an opera by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1711, and 
was the first Italian language opera written specifically for the London stage. [DOC] [TLE] List of operas by Handel - Wikipedia [PAR] George Frideric Handel's operas comprise 42 musical dramas that were written 
between 1705 and 1741 in various genres. He began composing operas in 
Germany and then for a brief time in Italy to ... Handel's first opera (opera seria - 
serious Italian opera) was Almira (1705). During the 36 .... London, Queen's 
Theatre? [DOC] [TLE] George Frideric Handel - Wikipedia [PAR] George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel was a German, later British baroque 
composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for 
his operas, oratorios, .... Rodrigo, his first all-Italian opera, was produced in the 
Cocomero theatre in Florence in 1707. Agrippina was first produced in 1709 at 
Teatro San... [DOC] [TLE] George Frideric Handel - Composer - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 29, 2016 ... George Handel's most famous work is the 1714 oratorio Messiah. ... church 
cantatas and chamber music that, being written for a small audience, failed to 
garner ... Within just two weeks, Handel composed Rinaldo. ... of the Orchestra at 
the Royal Academy of Music, the first Italian opera company in London. [DOC] [TLE] 18th-Century Opera - Victoria and Albert Museum [PAR] The King's theatre became the home of opera in the 18th and 19th centuries 
where ... The German composer George Frederick Handel, who settled in 
London with his patron ... Rinaldo played for 15 performances and was 
considered a great success. ... This was the first Italian opera seria to be 
performed in England and its... [DOC] [TLE] Music History 102 [PAR] Drawn to the theater from an early age, Handel went to Hamburg in 1703 and 
began ... a trip later in 1710 to London, where Italian opera was fast becoming all 
the rage. He produced an opera to great acclaim in London and, having tasted 
success, ... John Mainwaring -- the very first biography to be written of a 
composer. [DOC] [TLE] HANDEL: Messiah (Choruses) - Naxos [PAR] Success in Italian opera in Hamburg coupled with the doubtful musical ... his 
opera Rinaldo in London, where Italian opera was gradually gaining a place. ... 
During the following thirty years he wrote nearly forty Italian operas for the 
London stage, ... Messiah was written with Handel's usual speed in 1741 for 
performance in... [DOC] [TLE] Handel [PAR] The most famous of these is Messiah, which was first performed in 1742. ... He 
also composed his first indisputably great Italian opera, Agrippina (first performed 
in 1709). ... England, where in 1711 his first Italian opera for the English stage, 
Rinaldo, ... primarily as a composer and producer of operas for the London stage. [DOC] [TLE] OPERA NEWS - Operapedia: Rinaldo [PAR] Rinaldo, the first opera written in Italian for the London stage, had its premiere ... 
Who'd have expected the composer of Messiah to allow them to get away with... [DOC] [TLE] George Frideric Handel | Classical-Music.com [PAR] Handel is one of the greatest opera composers the world has ever known, whose 
... We know Messiah, the Water Music, the so-called 'Handel's Largo' ... Early in 
1711 Handel's first Italian opera for the London stage, Rinaldo, was played at ... 
both of which Handel expanded from earlier version (1717-18) written for his then
... [DOC] [TLE] George Frideric Handel - Music Academy Online [PAR] Unlike most composers of the Baroque era, George Frideric Handel has never ... 
Since the 1950s, however, such operas as Giulio Cesare and Alcina have joined 
Messiah ... in Hamburg, though they were likely written when he was already in 
Italy. ... During the summer, he journeyed first to Dsseldorf and then to London. [DOC] [TLE] George Frideric Handel: his story from Germany to England [PAR] Feb 23, 2002 ... Rinaldo, the first Italian opera specially composed for

Question: This "Messiah" composer's "Rinaldo" was the first Italian opera written for the London stage
Answer: George Frideric Handel