Handel'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 ma…

Basé sur les partitions vocales Bärenreiter, ces trois volumes contiennent quelques-uns des airs les plus connus de Haendel pour mezzo-soprano/contralto, ténor et basse, avec quelques numéros de qualité musicale tout aussi élevé moins connus. Les arias dans ces volumes contiennent des oeuvres de période de trente ans de Haendel comme un compositeur d'opéra à Londres et donnent une idée de la varié…

Italian opera was at the centre of Handel's output for over 35 years with solo arias constituting one of the most important elements in Baroque opera. Dramatic roles, with their various moods and reactions, are characterised through arias. A large number of Handel's operas also contain at least one entire scene for two to three voices. These numbers make use not only of similar lyrical or expressi…

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