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Tolomeo, Rè d'Egitto
By George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Index to the HG Score (reprinted by Kalmus & Gregg)
Video
Organ transcription of the ouverture to Handel's Tolomeo. Performed by Maria Cecilia Farina.
Recordings
 Handel.
Tolomeo, Rè d'Egitto. (HWV 25, London 1728). DG-Archiv
477 710-6 (3 CDs, February 2008). Alan Curtis, Il Complesso
Barocco. Seleuce: Karina Gauvin, soprano; Elisa: Anna
Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano; Tolomeo: Ann Hallenberg,
mezzo-soprano; Alessandro: Romina Basso, mezzo-soprano; Araspe:
Pietro Spagnoli, bass. This superb recording is clearly superior
to the Halle live recording in most respects. The booklet
includes the Argument, essential for understanding the plot, and
new English, French and German translations of the libretto.
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 Handel.
Tolomeo, Rè d'Egitto. (HWV 25, London 1728). Edition
Opernhaus Halle 400-540-2 (3 CDs 1996). Reissued in April 2004
on Mondo Musica MMH 80080. Caution: It has been reported
that the Mondo Musica reissue is an inferior, bootleg copy of
the Opernhaus Halle original. Howard Arman,
Händelfestspeilorchester des Opernhauses Halle. Tolomeo: Axel
Köhler, countertenor; Seleuce: Linda Perillo, soprano; Araspe:
Brian Bannatyne-Scott, bass; Elisa: Romelia Lichtenstein,
soprano; Alessandro: Jennifer Lane, contralto. Worth having for
the fine performances by Perillo and Köhler.
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Related Operas
| Domenico Scarlatti. Tolomeo ed Alessandro (Rome 1711). DG-Archiv (Recorded in November 2007). Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Tolomeo: Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Seleuce: Klara Ek, soprano; Elisa: Roberta Invernizzi, soprano; Araspe: Theodora Baka, mezzo-soprano; Alessandro: Raffaella Milanesi, soprano; Dorisbe: Mary-Ellen Nesi, mezzo-soprano. |
 Domenico
Scarlatti. Lettere Amorose. Virgin Veritas 545 546-2 (1
CD, April 2003). Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Patrizia
Ciofi, soprano; Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano. Cantatas,
harpsichord sonatas, and arias from the operas Tolomeo ed
Alessandro (1711) and L'Ottavia restituita al trono
(1703). Superb recording. Domenico Scarlatti's distinctive style
is nearly as apparent in his opera arias as in his later
keyboard music.
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References
Winton Dean. Handel's Operas, 1726-1741 (Boydell Press 2006).
R. Strohm, "Handel and his Italian opera texts." Essays on Handel and the Italian Opera. (Oxford University Press 1985).
 Reinhard
Strohm. Dramma per Musica: Italian Opera Seria of the
Eighteenth Century.
Details. Yale University Press, 1997. 326 pages. Contents
include: Tolomeo: Handel's opera and the rules of
tragedy.
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 Otto
Biba & David Wyn Jones (eds.) Studies in Music History:
Presented to H.C. Robbins Landon on his 70th Birthday. 272
pages. Thames & Hudson 1996. Contents include: 'The music very
good indeed': Scarlatti's Tolomeo ed Alessandro
rediscovered, by Malcolm Boyd.
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