Handel - Ottone, Re di Germania (1993)

01 Overture/Orchester
Act I
02 Pur che regni il figlio amato/Gismonda
03 Chi piu lieto e di me?/Adalberto,Gismonda
04 La speranza e giunta in porto/Gismonda
05 Vien di Romano inclita figlia/Adalberto,Teofane
06 Bel labbro, formato/Adalberto
07 E tale Otton?/Teofane
08 Falsa imagine/Teofane
09 Concerto/Orchester
10 Te, che assalir le nostre navi osasti/Ottone,Emireno
11 Del minacciar del vento/Emireno 
12 Tutto a piu liete cure/Ottone,Matilda
13 Pitorna, o dolce amore/Ottone
14 Anch'io sperai/Matilda
15 Diresti poi cosi/Matilda
16 Tu la madre 'd'Ottone?/Teofane, Gismonda
17 Pensa ad Amare/Gismonda
18 Adaelaide, di cui con tanta lode/Teofane,Adalderto,Gismonda
19 Affanni del pensier/Teofane
20 Sinfonia/Orchester
21 Tu puori straziarmi/Adalberto
22 E' di piu mio rival?/Ottone
23 Dell'onda ai fiera moni/Ottone

Act II
24 Per breve spazio a me colui/Matilda,Adalberto,Gismonda
25 Lascia, che nel suo viso/Adalberto
26 Ah! che piu non resisto/Matilda,Gismonda
27 Ah! tu non sai/Matilda
28 Ben a ragion Matilda/Gismonda
29 Vieni, o figlio/Gismonda
30 Quegli, e certo il mio sposo/Teofane,Ottone,Matilda
31 All'orror d'un duolo eterno/Matilda
32 O illustre Teofane che tal ti scuopre/Ottone,Teofane
33 Alla fama, dimmi il vero/Teofane
34 Con gelosi sospetti/Ottone
35 Dopo l'orrore/Ottone
36 O grati orrori, o solitarie piante!/Teofane
37 S'io dir potessi/Teofane
38 Del gran sasso alla mole questo braccio/Emireno,Adalberto
39 Le profonde vie dell'onde/Emireno
40 Odo gente, dell'antro ripigliero/Adalberto,Matilda,Ottone,Teofane
41 Deh! non dir, che molle amante/Ottone
42 Gia d'ogni intorno alto silenzio regna/Emireno,Adalberto,Teofane
43 Notte cara, a te si deve/Gismonda,Matilda

Act III
44 Dove sei? dolce mia vita!/Ottone
45 Gia t'invola, tiranno/Gismonda,Ottone
46 Trema, tiranno/Gismonda
47 Io son tradito/Ottone
48 Tanti affanni/Ottone
49 Empi! al vostro attentato/Emireno,Adalberto,Teofane
50 D'innalzar i flutti al ciel/Adalberto
51 Perche in vita tornai?/Emireno,Adalberto,Teofane
52 No, non temere, oh bella!/Emireno
53 Si mi traete, alme malvagie/Teofane
54 Benche mi sia crudele/Teofane
55 Uno de'servi miei/Matilda,Gismonda,Ottone
56 Nel suo sangue/Matilda
57 Matilda, arresta il piede/Emireno,Adalberto,Matilda,Gismonda,Ottone
58 A'teneri affetti/Teofane,Ottone
59 Ma qual caso/Ottone,Teofane,Emireno,Adalberto,Matilda,Gismonda

Ottone - James Bowman (coutertenor)
Teofane - Clarone McFadden (soprano)
Gismonda - Jenifer Smith (soprano)
Adalberto - Dominique Visse (coutertenor)
Matilda - Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano)
Emireno - Michael George (bass)
The King's Consort
Robert King - Conductor

Handel’s Ottone was one of the most popular operas of the composer’s career, with 34 known performances during his lifetime, beaten only by the 53 performances of Rinaldo. The premiere run in 1723 featured superstar Italian soloists including Senesino and Cuzzoni, and coincided with (and was perhaps the cause of) the height of London’s opera madness, with tickets changing hands for increasingly high prices on the black market. This recording of the 1723 version (Handel adapted the opera in later years for different singers) features James Bowman at the peak of his powers in the title role. ---hyperion-records.co.uk

George Frideric Handel had the biggest hit of the London Italian opera season of 1723 with his Ottone, re di Germania (Otto, King of Germany). A two-and-a-half hour, three-act opera, Ottone had a libretto by Nicola Haym, based on the first century story of Otto, the barbarian king of Germany, who travels to decadent Rome to marry Theophanes, the Princess of the Eastern Empire. As in any great opera, there is a powerful story about love thwarted and regained and, as in any Italian opera of the period, there is convoluted palace intrigue. But, also as in any Italian opera of the period, every problem was solved by the end of the opera and every character lived happily ever after. Among the best-known arias from Ottone are "La speranza e giunta" (Hope is with us); "Vieni, o figlio" (Come, my son); and "Tanti affani" (Such troubles). However, the real reason for Ottone's success was the presence of three of the greatest singers of the time taking the three principal roles: Senesino, Cussoni, and Berenstadt. The second most popular of Handel's Italian operas, Ottone was given 34 performances in Handel's life. ---James Leonard, allmusic.com

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