Lotario (actor)
Lotario may refer to: *Lotario (Handel), opera seria by George Frideric Handel * Lotario (given name), given name See also * Lothar (other) * Lothario Lothario is a male given name that came to suggest an unscrupulous seducer of women, based upon a character in '' The Fair Penitent'', a 1703 tragedy by Nicholas Rowe.

Lotario (Handel)
''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''.The opera was first given at the King's Theatre in London on 2 December 1729. The story of the opera is a fictionalisation of some events in the life of Holy Roman Empress Adelaide of Italy. Performance history Paolo Rolli commented in a letter at the time to Giuseppe Riva that "everyone thinks (''Lotario'') a very bad opera". There were 10 performances, but it was not repeated. Handel reused pieces in later operas. As with all Baroque opera seria, ''Lotario'' went unperformed for many years, but with the revival of interest in Baroque music and historically informed musical performance since the 1960s, ''Lotario'', like all Handel operas, receives performances at festivals and opera houses today. Among other performances, ''Lotario'' was staged at the London Handel Festival in 1999, by the Handel Festiv ...
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Lotario (given Name)
Lotario is a Latin, Italian, and Spanish masculine given name, while Lotário is a Portuguese masculine given name. Both names are modern forms of the Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of Hlūdaz and Harjaz). People with this name include: * Lotario dei Conti di Segni, birthname of Pope Innocent III (1160 or 1161 – 1216), Italian Roman Catholic Pope * Lotario Tomba (1749–1823), Italian architect Fictional characters include: *Lotario, alto in Handel's opera ''Lotario'' *Lotario, in Miguel de Cervantes’s ''Don Quixote'' See also *Lotario (Handel) *Lothario *Bonifacio di Castel Lotario Bonifacio di Castel Lotario (died 1504) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chiusi (1503–1504). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 8 February 1503, Bonifacio di Castel Lotario was appointed during the papacy of Pope Al ... (died 1504), Italian Roman Catholic prelate Notes {{given name Latin masculine given names Italian masculine given names Mas ...
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