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Ottone, the Glossary

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.^[1]

62 relations: Adalbert of Italy, Adelaide of Italy, Alto, Anastasia Robinson, Ann Hallenberg, Antonio Lotti, Bass (voice type), Braunschweig, Byzantine Empire, Castrato, Charles Burney, Contralto, Dominique Visse, English Touring Opera, Farinelli, Festival de Beaune, Figured bass, Francesca Cuzzoni, Freiburger Barockorchester, French overture, Gaetano Berenstadt, Göttingen, George Frideric Handel, George Petrou, Giuseppe Maria Boschi, Hamburg, Haymarket, London, Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis, His Majesty's Theatre, London, Historically informed performance, Holy Roman Empire, Il Pomo d'Oro (orchestra), James Bowman (countertenor), John Gay, John Mainwaring, Jonathan Swift, Kapellmeister, Lisa Saffer, List of Cambridge Companions to Music, Margherita Durastanti, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Nicholas McGegan, Nicola Francesco Haym, Obbligato, Opera, Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, Paul Henry Lang, Ralf Popken, Rinaldo (opera), Robert King (conductor), ... Expand index (12 more) »
1723 operas
Holy Roman Empire in fiction
Operas set in the 10th century
Theophanu
Works set in Rome

Adalbert of Italy

Adalbert (born 932/936, died 971/975) was the king of Italy from 950 until 961, ruling jointly with his father, Berengar II.

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Adelaide of Italy

Adelaide of Italy (Adelheid; 931 – 16 December 999 AD), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great.

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Alto

The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: altus), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range.

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Anastasia Robinson

Anastasia Robinson (– April 1755), later known as Anastasia, Countess of Peterborough, was an English soprano, later contralto, of the Baroque era.

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Ann Hallenberg

Ann Hallenberg (born 17 March 1967) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano.

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Antonio Lotti

Antonio Lotti (5 January 1667 – 5 January 1740) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era.

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Bass (voice type)

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.

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Braunschweig

Braunschweig or Brunswick (from Low German Brunswiek, local dialect: Bronswiek) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Castrato

A castrato (Italian;: castrati) is a male singer who underwent castration before puberty in order to retain singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto.

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Charles Burney

Charles Burney (7 April 1726 – 12 April 1814) was an English music historian, composer and musician.

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Contralto

A contralto is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type.

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Dominique Visse

Dominique Visse (born 30 August 1955) is a French countertenor and founder of the Ensemble Clément Janequin.

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English Touring Opera

English Touring Opera (ETO) is an opera company in the United Kingdom founded in 1979 under the name Opera 80 by the then-existing Arts Council of Great Britain.

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Farinelli

Farinelli (24 January 1705 – 16 September 1782) was the stage name of Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi, a celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera.

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Festival de Beaune

The Festival de Beaune: Festival international d’opéra baroque is a month-long annual summer festival of baroque opera in Beaune, France.

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Figured bass

Figured bass is musical notation in which numerals and symbols appear above or below (or next to) a bass note.

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Francesca Cuzzoni

Francesca Cuzzoni (2 April 1696 – 19 June 1778) was an Italian operatic soprano of the Baroque era.

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Freiburger Barockorchester

Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) is a German Baroque orchestra founded in 1987, with the mission statement: "to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds".

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French overture

The French overture is a musical form widely used in the Baroque period.

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Gaetano Berenstadt

Gaetano Berenstadt (7 June 1687 – buried 9 December 1734) was an Italian alto castrato who is best remembered for his association with the composer George Frideric Handel.

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Göttingen

Göttingen (Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (baptised italic,; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.

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George Petrou

George Petrou (Γιώργος Πέτρου) is a Greek conductor, pianist and stage-director.

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Giuseppe Maria Boschi

Giuseppe Maria Boschi (born Viterbo; fl 1698–1744) was an Italian bass singer – though in modern terms a baritone – of the 18th century.

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Hamburg

Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.

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Haymarket, London

Haymarket is a street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster, London.

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Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis

The Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated as HWV) is the Catalogue of Handel's Works.

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His Majesty's Theatre, London

His Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre situated in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London.

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Historically informed performance

Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of classical music which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of the musical era in which a work was originally conceived.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Il Pomo d'Oro (orchestra)

Il Pomo d'Oro is a prize-winning orchestra founded in 2012 and named after the opera Il pomo d'oro by Antonio Cesti.

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James Bowman (countertenor)

James Thomas Bowman (6 November 1941 – 27 March 2023) was an English countertenor.

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John Gay

John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club.

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John Mainwaring

John Mainwaring (1724 – 15 April 1807) was an English theologian and the first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel in any language.

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".

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Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister, from German Kapelle (chapel) and Meister (master), literally "master of the chapel choir", designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians.

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Lisa Saffer

Lisa Saffer (born June 3, 1960) is a soprano singer of opera, particularly Bach, Handel and modern works.

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List of Cambridge Companions to Music

The Cambridge Companions to Music form a book series published by Cambridge University Press.

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Margherita Durastanti

Margherita Durastanti (active 1700–1734) was an Italian singer of the 18th century.

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Max Emanuel Cenčić

Max Emanuel Cenčić (born 21 September 1976) is a Croatian countertenor.

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Nicholas McGegan

James Nicholas McGegan OBE (born 14 January 1950 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England) is a British harpsichordist, flutist, conductor and early music expert.

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Nicola Francesco Haym

Nicola Francesco Haym (6 July 1678 – 31 July 1729) was an Italian opera librettist, composer, theatre manager and performer, literary editor and numismatist.

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Obbligato

In Western classical music, obbligato (also spelled obligato) usually describes a musical line that is in some way indispensable in performance.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red, was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983.

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Paul Henry Lang

Paul Henry Lang (August 28, 1901 – September 21, 1991) was a Hungarian-American musicologist and music critic.

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Ralf Popken

Ralf Popken (born 1962) is a German countertenor.

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Rinaldo (opera)

Rinaldo (HWV 7) is an opera by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1711, and was the first Italian language opera written specifically for the London stage. Ottone and Rinaldo (opera) are Italian-language operas and operas by George Frideric Handel.

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Robert King (conductor)

Robert King (born 27 June 1960 in Wombourne) is an English conductor, harpsichordist, editor and author.

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Royal Academy of Music (company)

The Royal Academy of Music was a company founded in February 1719, during George Frideric Handel's residence at Cannons, by a group of aristocrats to secure themselves a constant supply of opera seria.

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Sadler's Wells Theatre

Sadler's Wells Theatre is a London performing arts venue, located in Rosebery Avenue, Islington.

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Senesino

Francesco Bernardi (31 October 1686 – 27 November 1758), known as Senesino (or traditionally), was a celebrated Italian contralto castrato, particularly remembered today for his long collaboration with the composer George Frideric Handel.

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Siciliana

The siciliana or siciliano (also known as sicilienne or ciciliano) is a musical style or genre often included as a movement within larger pieces of music starting in the Baroque period.

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Sinfonia

Sinfonia (plural sinfonie) is the Italian word for symphony, from the Latin symphonia, in turn derived from Ancient Greek συμφωνία symphōnia (agreement or concord of sound), from the prefix σύν (together) and ϕωνή (sound).

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino

Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino (21 March 1672 – 16 April 1742) was an Italian poet and opera librettist.

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The King's Consort

The King's Consort is a British period music orchestra founded in 1980 by the English conductor and harpsichordist Robert King (b. 1960, Wombourne).

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Theater an der Wien

The is a historic theatre in Vienna located on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district.

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Theophanu

Theophanu (also Theophania, Theophana, or Theophano; Medieval Greek Θεοφανώ; AD 955 15 June 991) was empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Otto II, and regent of the Empire during the minority of their son, Emperor Otto III, from 983 until her death in 991.

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