Lotario

Opera in three acts-Lotario HWV 26Opera in three actsHandel???s opera Lotario was first heard at the King???s Theater in the Haymarket on 2 December 1729 and had a run of nine performances. Though never revived in the composer???s lifetime Handel reused many of its arias in his later operas sometimes altering the words.The historical background of the plot is the conflict between Otto I (912 973) and Berengar of Ivrea for the Italian crown and Otto???s marriage to the Italian queen Adelaide in 951. In the course of composition the name of the hero (???Ottone??? in Salvi???s libretto) was altered to ???Lotario??? since Handel had already written an opera entitled Ottone on thelife of Otto II (955 983) in 1722.The vocal score contains the version composed for the performances of December 1729 and January 1730. It is based on the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition.- Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition.- Full score (BA4074) and vocal score (BA4074-90) available for sale.- Performance material (BA4074-72) available for hire

Based on the Bärenreiter vocal scores the three volumes in this series contain some of Handel's best-known arias for mezzo-soprano/contralto tenor and bass together with some less well-known numbers of equally high musical quality. The arias in these volumes contain works from Handel's thirty-year period as an opera composer in London and give an impression of the variety of this extensive repertoire. The arias placed in the chronological order of the operas display various distinctive technical features and are mostly presented with the pre-ceding recitative or in a few cases in the context of an entire scene. The forewords by DonaldBurrows contain detailed notes on Handel's singers and on the context of the arias of the operas. Mio cor (Goffredo Rinaldo)Sorge nel petto (Goffredo Rinaldo)Pena tiranna io sento al core (Dardano Amadigi)Quando mai spietata sorte (Zenobia Radamisto)Già che morir non posso (Zenobia Radamisto)Fatemi o Cieli almen (Zenobia Radamisto)Deggio dunque oh Dio lasciarti(Zenobia Radamisto)Che colpa è la mia (Teodata Flavio Re de’ Longobardi)Priva son d’ogni conforto (Cornelia Giulio Cesare in Egitto)Par che mi nasca in seno (Irene Tamerlano)No che sei tanto costante (Irene Tamerlano)Crudel più non son io (Irene Tamerlano)Quanto più fiera tempesta freme (Eduige Rodelinda Regina de’ Longobardi)Orgogliosetto va l’augelletto (Matilde Lotario)Arma lo sguardo (Matilde Lotario)S’è delitto trar da’ lacci (Idelberto Lotario)Per tutto il timore (Valentiniano Ezio)Verdi allori (Medoro Orlando)Vorrei poterti amar (Medoro Orlando)Se l’inganno sortisce felice (Polinesso Ariodante)Dover giustizia amor (Polinesso Ariodante)Or che siete speranze tradite (Amastre Serse)Anima infida tradita io sono (Amastre Serse)Cagion son io del mio dolore (Amastre Serse)Meglio in voi col mio partire (Arsamene Serse)Non so se sia la speme (Arsamene Serse)Quella che tutta fé (Arsamene Serse)Sì la voglio e la

Aria Album for Bass from Handel's Operas Based on the Bärenreiter vocal scores these volumes contain some of Handel’s best-known arias for mezzo-soprano/contralto tenor and bass together with some less well-known numbers of equally high musical quality. The arias in these volumes contain works from Handel’s thirty-year period as an opera composer in London and give an impression of the variety of this extensive repertoire. The arias display various distinctive technical features and are mostly presented with the preceding recitative or in a few cases in the context of an entire scene. The arias appear in the chronological order of the operas. Theforewords by Donald Burrows contain detailed notes on Handel’s singers and on the context of the arias of the operas. Based on the Urtext vocal scores of the Halle Handel Edition Detailed forewords (Eng/Ger) by leading Handel expert Donald Burrows Text translations of the Italian arias (Eng/Ger) Recitatives and arias (for bass) from Ariodante Deidamia Ezio Giulio Cesare in Egitto Imeneo Lotario Orlando Radamisto Riccardo Primo Rodelinda Serse (Xerxes) Tolomeo