Lotario (Lothair) (HWV 26) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was adapted from Antonio Salvi's Adelaide. Opera seria is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and serious style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1720s to ca 1770. ... George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-born British Baroque composer who was a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios. ... A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ...
Performance history
The opera was first given at the King's Theatre in London on 2 December1729. There were 10 performances but it was not repeated and Handel later reused pieces in later operas. The first modern production was by Unicorn Theatre at the Kenton Theatre, Henley on Thames, 3 September1975. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... The Kenton Theatre is an old threatre in the town of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. ... Henley-on-Thames from by the playground near the Rail Station River Thames, the five arched bridge and Leander Club (to the far left) Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east from... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
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