Question: Which opera seria by Handel was created first, Orlando or Alcina?
Sentence (from "Ezio (Handel)"): The same libretto had already been set by many other composers first of all Nicola Porpora who managed to preempt the official Rome premiere of Pietro Auletta's setting for 26 December 1728 with his own version (of a slightly edited copy of the libretto) for Venice on 20 November, a month earlier.
Relevant evidence: No