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Handel: Lotario

Rafał Tomkiewicz (countertenor), Krystian Adam (tenor), Ki-Hyun Park (bass), Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano), Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (soprano), Carlo Vistoli (countertenor), Händelfestspielorchester Halle, Attilio Cremonesi

Handel: Lotario
Carlo Vistoli strikes a convincing balance between fluency, melodiousness and technical surety; his finest moment is ‘Non disperi peregrino’, an evocation of a pilgrim unworried by nightfall...

Gramophone Magazine, February 2025

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Handel: Lotario

Rafał Tomkiewicz (countertenor), Krystian Adam (tenor), Ki-Hyun Park (bass), Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano), Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (soprano), Carlo Vistoli (countertenor), Händelfestspielorchester Halle, Attilio Cremonesi

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Carlo Vistoli strikes a convincing balance between fluency, melodiousness and technical surety; his finest moment is ‘Non disperi peregrino’, an evocation of a pilgrim unworried by nightfall...

Gramophone Magazine, February 2025

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Handel’s success with Italian-style opera in London had passed its initial peak by 1729. Lotario – a tale of revenge and heroism based on events in the life of Holy Roman Empress Adelaide of Italy – was the first of a new series of works intended to revive interest and challenge society’s new ‘vile taste’ for satire and light entertainment. Despite being one of Handel’s least-known operas, it displays his renowned talent for writing convincing drama with melodically rich and emotionally charged arias. This live recording is performed on period instruments by the Händelfestspielorchester Halle.

  • Release date: 24th Jan 2025
  • Label: Naxos
  • Catalogue number: 8660570-71
  • Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Handel: Lotario, HWV 26: Ouverture
Work length5:48
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act I Scene 1
Work length6:13
Aria. Grave è 'l fasto di regnar (Berengario)
Track length3:19
Recitative. Signor, vuole il mio fato - Scene 2: Recitative. Alto Signor, dall'Alpi - Scene 3: Recitative. Sposo! - Regina! (Idelberto, Berengario, Clodomiro, Matilde)
Track length2:54
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act I Scene 3: Aria. Non pensi quell'altera (Berengario)
Work length4:58
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act I Scene 4
Work length11:03
Recitative. Madre, e Reina! (Idelberto, Matilde)
Track length0:48
Aria. Vanne a colei che adori (Matilde)
Track length4:52
Recitative. Finch'io non chiuda (Idelberto)
Track length0:12
Aria. Per salvarti, idolo mio (Idelberto)
Track length5:11
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act I Scene 5
Work length2:43
Accompagnato. Soglio, degli avi miei retaggio illustre (Adelaide)
Track length0:44
Recitative. Attenta ogni mio cenno - Scene 6: Recitative. Bella Reina: il cielo (Adelaide, Lotario)
Track length1:59
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act I Scene 6
Work length7:35
Aria. Rammentati, cor mio (Lotario)
Track length6:24
Recitative. Or venga il messaggiero - Scene 7: Recitative. Regina, anche fra l'armi (Adelaide, Clodomiro)
Track length1:11
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act I Scene 7: Aria. Se il mar promette calma (Clodomiro)
Work length4:45
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act I Scene 8
Work length11:24
Recitative. Nel ciel si speri, e poi… (Adelaide, Lotario)
Track length0:51
Aria. Quel cor che mi donasti (Adelaide)
Track length7:01
Recitative. O del mio caro ben voci gradite (Lotario)
Track length0:21
Aria. Già mi sembra al carro avvinto (Lotario)
Track length3:11
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act I Scene 9
Work length4:09
Chorus. Viva e regni fortunato (Tutti)
Track length1:37
Recitative. Popoli generosi - Scene 10: Recitative. Dell'altrui fellonia (Berengario, Matilde, Adelaide, Clodomiro, Idelberto)
Track length2:32
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act I Scene 10
Work length7:58
Aria. Orgogliosetto va l'augelletto (Matilde)
Track length1:26
Recitative. Quanto più fien tenaci (Adelaide)
Track length0:22
Aria. Scherza in mar la navicella (Adelaide)
Track length6:10
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 1: Sinfonia ed Accompagnato. Son vinto, o Ciel, son vinto! - Scene 2: Recitative. Sei prigioniero! (Berengario, Lotario)
Work length1:43
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 2: Aria. Regno e grandezza (Berengario)
Work length1:59
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 3
Work length2:52
Recitative. Se del fiero tiranno (Lotario)
Track length0:15
Aria. Tiranna, ma bella (Lotario)
Track length2:37
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 4: Aria. Menti eterne, che reggete de' mortali (Adelaide)
Work length5:20
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 5
Work length3:39
Recitative. Con due doni, Adelaide (Clodomiro, Adelaide)
Track length0:46
Aria. Non t'inganni la speranza (Clodomiro)
Track length2:53
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 6: Recitative. Adelaide, che pensi? - Scene 7: Recitative. Hai tanto ardir? - Scene 8: Recitative. Reina, infausti avvisi (Adelaide, Matilde, Idelberto, Clodomiro)
Work length2:38
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 8: Aria. Arma lo sguardo (Matilde)
Work length3:42
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 9
Work length2:56
Recitative. Di miglior genitor figlio (Adelaide, Idelberto)
Track length0:25
Aria. Bella, non mi negar (Idelberto)
Track length2:31
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 10
Work length3:26
Accompagnato. Sommo rettor del cielo (Adelaide)
Track length0:45
Aria. D'una torbida sorgente (Adelaide)
Track length2:41
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 11
Work length4:45
Aria. Quanto più forte è il valor (Lotario)
Track length1:44
Recitative. Presi gli ostaggi - Scene 12: Lotario, alza la fronte - Scene 13: No, no, colla mia vita - Scene 14: Berengario, rifletti (Lotario, Matilde, Idelberto, Adelaide, Berengario)
Track length3:01
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 14: Aria. D'instabile fortuna (Berengario)
Work length3:10
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act II Scene 15
Work length7:56
Recitative. Alla tenda reale vada Idelberto (Lotario)
Track length0:29
Aria. Non disperi peregrino (Lotario)
Track length7:27
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act III Scene 1
Work length3:21
Sinfonia
Track length0:27
Recitative. Sciolta dalle catene - Scene 2: Recitative. Vieni, o bella Adelaide (Matilde, Berengario, Adelaide)
Track length2:54
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act III Scene 2: Aria. Non sempre invendicata (Adelaide)
Work length4:59
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act III Scene 3
Work length5:50
Recitative. Ben conosce Adelaide (Berengario, Matilde)
Track length0:52
Aria. Vi sento, sì, rimorsi entro al mio sen (Berengario)
Track length4:58
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act III Scene 4
Work length2:26
Recitative. Non mi tradir, speranza (Matilde)
Track length0:13
Aria. Quel superbo già si crede (Matilde)
Track length2:13
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act III Scene 5
Work length3:23
Recitative. Berengario al mio campo (Lotario)
Track length0:26
Sinfonia
Track length0:39
Recitative. Misero me! - Scene 6: Ah! Signor - Scene 7: A tempo qui giungesti - Scene 8: Alla regal mia tenda - Scene 10: Inclito Re, Pavia (Lotario, Idelberto, Berengario)
Track length2:18
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act III Scene 10: Aria. Vedrò più liete e belle (Lotario)
Work length6:01
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act III Scene 11
Work length4:02
Recitative. Lasciami, iniquo figlio! (Matilde, Idelberto)
Track length0:42
Aria. Impara, codardo (Matilde)
Track length3:20
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act III Scene 12
Work length3:26
Recitative. Omai non v'è più speme, alta Reina (Clodomiro, Matilde, Idelberto)
Track length0:49
Aria. S'è delitto trar da' lacci un' innocente (Idelberto)
Track length2:37
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act III Scene 13
Work length3:52
Accompagnato. Furie del crudo averno, e dove siete? (Matilde)
Track length1:28
Recitative. Ecco la cruda - Scene 14: Matilde, e qual furore? - Scene 15: Lascia, mio Re - Scene 16: Deh! Mia Reina (Lotario, Matilde, Berengario, Adelaide, Idelberto)
Track length2:24
Handel: Lotario, HWV 26, Act III Scene 16
Work length8:22
Duet. Sì, bel sembiante (Adelaide, Lotario)
Track length6:08
Recitative. Cessi di Marte (Lotario)
Track length0:11
Chorus. Gioie e serto (Tutti)
Track length2:03

Awards and reviews

February 2025

Carlo Vistoli strikes a convincing balance between fluency, melodiousness and technical surety; his finest moment is ‘Non disperi peregrino’, an evocation of a pilgrim unworried by nightfall at the close of Act 2.
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