Ottone, re di Germania ("Otto, King of Germany", HWV 15) is an opera by George Frideric Handel, to an Italian–language libretto adapted by Nicola Francesco Haym from the libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino for Antonio Lotti's opera Teofane. It was the first new opera written for the Royal Academy of Music (1719)'s fourth season and had its first performance on 12 January 1723 at the King's Theatre, Haymarket in London. Handel had assembled a cast of operatic superstars for this season and the opera became an enormous success.
Original Name
Ottone, re di Germania
Librettist
Nicola Francesco Haym, after Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino's libretto for Antonio Lotti's opera "Teofane"
Date of composition
1722
Premiered
1723, January 12th
(King's Theatre in the Haymarket)
in London, UK
Voice (Castrato)
- Ottone, King of Germany, in love with Teofane
Voice (Soprano)
- Teofane, daughter of the Byzantine Emperor
Voice (Soprano)
- Gismonda, widow of Berengario, ruler of Italy
Voice (Bass)
- Emireno, a pirate, real name Basilio, brother of Teofane
Voice (Castrato)
- Adelberto, her son
Voice (Contralto)
- Matilda, cousin of Ottone, betrothed to Adelberto
Orchestra
Georg Friedrich Haendel: Otto, King of Germany, HWV 15
Georg Friedrich Händel: Otto, King of Germany, HWV 15
Georg Friedrich Händel: Otto, King of Germany, HWV 15