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Lotario

By George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel)

Recordings

Handel. Lotario. (HWV 26, London 1729). dhm 82876587972 (2 CDs 2004). Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Lotario: Hilary Summers, mezzo-soprano; Adelaide: Simone Kermes, soprano; Matilde: Sara Mingardo, contralto; Idelberto: Sonia Prina, contralto; Berengario: Steve Davislim, tenor; Clodomiro: Vito Priante, bass. Two incomplete recordings of Lotario have appeared simultaneously. This one not only deletes much recitative but the B sections and repeats in 6 of the 25 arias, which is simply unacceptable. The included libretto is similarly corrupt. BMG stiffed their best customers again, saving about 15 cents per set on the missing third CD. This is an outstanding performance and recording, and the music is some of Handel's finest. Hopefully a competent and ethical record company eventually will release a complete recording. US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Handel. Lotario (excerpts). (HWV 26, London 1729). Oehms Classics OC 902 (1 CD 2004). Paul Goodwin, Kammerorchester Basel Barock. Lotario: Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor; Adelaide: Nuria Rial, soprano; Matilde: Annette Markert, contralto; Idelberto: Robert Cornelius, countertenor; Berengario: Andreas Karasiak, tenor; Clodomiro: Huub Claessens, bass. Merging this with the Curtis set does not produce a complete recording. US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Related Operas

Pietro Torri. Adelaide (Munich 1722). Libretto by Antonio Salvi.

Orlandini. Adelaide (Venice 1729). Rossi adapted Salvi's libretto for Handel. Strohm points out (p.60) that Orlandini's score may also have been drawn on as a text-source. Handel also used several of Orlandini's arias in 1730 in his pasticcio Ormisda.

References

Winton Dean. Handel's Operas, 1726-1741 (Boydell Press 2006).

R. Strohm, "Handel and his Italian opera texts." Essays on Handel and the Italian Opera. (Oxford University Press 1985).

Links

Le magazine de l'opera-baroque page on Lotario