Germanico is a serenata in one act, to a libretto of unknown authorship, which is ascribed to George Frideric Handel on the sole source, a copyist's manuscript in the library of the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence.
Hendl", is in the same hand that copied the music, suggesting it was contemporary with the writing of the score.
It was discovered in 2007 by the conductor and scholar Ottaviano Tenerani[1] and has been recorded by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (EAN 886978604521).
Despite the division into two acts, the work is described on the manuscript as a serenata, and it lacks the drama of conventional opera seria.
Instead it is a work of rejoicing and prophecy, based around the historical figure of Germanicus and his victory over the German chieftain Arminius.