3-act opera seria by G. F. Händel with libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani about Agrippina, the mother of Nero, who plots the downfall of Claudius to install Nero as emperor; premiered in Venice at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo on 26 Dec. 1709. It dates from the 18th century. The music was composed by George Frideric Handel. Genre: opera seria.
Before and after
- from c. 1800s to 1860sCircassian genocide
- 1800Battery
- 18th centuryRite of Adoption
- from 18th century to 19th centuryRomanticism
- 18th centuryAgrippina
- c. 1800sRise of nationalism
- 18th centuryLate modern period
- 1800Voltaic pile
- from 1800 to 1863Underground Railroad
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The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions.