Carlo re d'Allemagna

• Lotario, German Emperor, performed by Senesino at the premiere • Giuditta, Empress Dowager, performed by Margherita Durastanti at the premiere • Adalgiso, the son: Pietro Casati at the premiere • Gildippe, the daughter: Agata Landi at the premiere • Berardo, knight of the court • Asprando, court traitor • Amilla, Giuditta's maid • Bleso, valet of Lotario == Synopsis ==

Lotario plots against his half-brother Carlo and his mother-in-law Giuditta to gain access to the throne he covets. == Recordings ==

• ''Carlo re d'Allemagna'' – Romina Basso, contralto (Lotario); Roberta Invernizzi, soprano (Giuditta); Marina de Liso, mezzo-soprano (Gildippe); Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano (Adalgiso); Carlo Allemano, tenor (Berardo); Josè Maria Lo Monaco, mezzo-soprano (Asprando); Damiana Pinti, alto (Armilla); Roberto Abbondanza, bass (Bleso); Orchestre symphonique de Stavanger, conductor/violin Fabio Biondi (30 November – 4 December 2009, 3CD Agogique AGO015) – The recording does not include eleven of the opera's 46 arias. Sinfonia and arias • "Del ciel sui giri" (Lotario), in Arias pour Senesino – Andreas Scholl; Accademia Bizantina, conductor Ottavio Dantone (25–26 and 28–30 June 2004, Decca Records 475 6569) • "Sinfonia avanti l'opera"; "Quel cor ch'un regio serto"; "Il mio cor costante e fido" "Aure voi che susurrando", in Arie et sinfonie – Daniela Barcellona, contralto. Concerto de Cavalieri, dir. Marcello Di Lisa (23 to 24 August 2010, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697842162) == See also ==