Imeneo

thumb|upright=1.1|George Frideric Handel Imeneo (alternative title: Hymen, HWV 41) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was adapted from Silvio Stampiglia's Imeneo. Handel had begun composition in September 1738, but did not complete the score until 1740.

==Performance history== The opera received its first performance at the Lincoln's Inn Fields in London on 22 November 1740, with a second performance on 13 December. After revisions to the score, concert performances were held in Dublin, on 24 and 31 March 1742. Charles Jennens, who created the libretti for both Saul and Messiah, described Imeneo as "the worst of all Handel’s Compositions", but added "yet half the Songs are good". The work was not considered a success, and was not revived until 1960.