Lotario, HWV 26 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1729-11-16
Genre Categories Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; For 6 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

Prelude (Act II, Scene 14)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#437810 - 3.58MB - 3:55 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 46×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/9/5)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#19039 - 26.79MB, 138 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2737×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/17)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 77
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1879. Plate H.W. 77.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Not the first edition full score; see below.
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Parts

Selections

 Complete Parts
#325013 - 18.13MB, 73 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 389×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Notenschreiber (2014/5/14)

Copyist Johann Gottfried Grundig (ca.1706–1773)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1730-55).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-65
Schrank II coll. 2 movements (Ouverture and Allegro),
together with 2 movements of Partenope, HWV 27
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Vocal Scores

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 Aria: Già mi sembra
#147704 - 0.38MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 691×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Language English / Italian
Translator Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935), English text
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs of G.F. Handel, Vol.II: For Low Voice (pp.39-45)
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1905. Plate ML-1125-7.
Copyright
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Prelude (Act II, Scene 14)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#437808 - 0.25MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 185×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/5)

 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
#437809 - 0.54MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 100×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/5)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Librettos

 Complete Libretto (Italian/English)
#761351 - 0.22MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 112×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/1/31)

 Complete Libretto (Italian)
#767869 - 0.17MB, 43 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 60×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Complete Libretto (English)
#767872 - 0.22MB, 44 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 41×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/3/3)

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The 1729 Audience wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.
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General Information

Work Title Lotario
Alternative. Title Lotharius ; Lothario
Name Translations Λοθάριος (Χαίντελ)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 178064463; LCCN: no2004041268; GND: 300781946; BNF: 13924296x
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 26
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 246
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1729-11-16
First Performance. 1729-12-2 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Adelaide: Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano)
Lotario: Antonio Maria Bernacchi (alto-castrato)
Berengario: Annibale Pio Fabri, called "Balino" (tenor)
Matilde: Antonia Maria Merighi (contralto)
Idelberto: Francesca Bertolli (contralto)
Clodomiro: Johann Gottfried Riemschneider (bass)
First Publication. 1730
Librettist Giacomo Rossi (d.1731?), after Antonio Salvi (1664-1724)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Adelaide (soprano)
Lotario (alto castrato)
Berengario, Duke of Spoleto (tenor)
Matilde, Berengario's wife (contralto)
Idelberto, Berengario's son (contralto)
Clodomiro, Berengario's general (bass)

Orchestra

2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
External Links Wikipedia article
Lotario -  Scores at Sheet Music Plus
Extra Information Full score published by Cluer's Printing Office of London in the year after the first performance, in 1730 (125 pp.)
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