5321233 Title page from the libretto of Handel\'s opera \'Rinaldo\', by Giacomo Rossi, 1717 (print) by English School, (18th century); height: 18 cm; Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum, London; (add.info.: Rossi, Giacomo (fl.1710-1731), librettist RINALDO, / OPERA. / Da rappresentarsi nel / TEATRO / D???AY-MARKET. = RINALDO, / AN / OPERA. / As it is Perform??? at the / THEATRE / IN THE / HAY-MARKET / / LONDON: / Printed for J. TONSON, at Shakespear???-Head / over-against Katharine-Street, in the Strand. / MDCCXVII. Dedicated to \'Her Most Sacred Majesty, The Queen\'; [pp.v-vii] by Aaron Hill, who had translated the text from Italian to English and provided the original scenario, as he explains in the Preface [pp.viii-ix]. On p.x is a letter to the reader [in Italian] from the librettist Giacomo Rossi. In a volume of Italian Operas libretti. The libretto presents in parallel the Italian text and its English translation. On p.xi-xii is a description of the argument in English.The 1717 revival ran for 10 performances from January 5. There were considerable changes to the score: the role of Argante was sung by an alto rather than a bass, and the role of Eustazio was cut); by Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum .