Tolomeo, re d'Egitto, HWV 25 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1728-4-19
Genre Categories Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; For 5 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Prelude (Act III, Sc.4)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#437807 - 2.28MB - 2:30 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 68×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/5)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#338686 - 44.25MB, 237 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 351×⇩ - Tito Manlio

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Tito Manlio (2014/8/10)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1730-99).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Bibl. del Cons. di Musica S. Pietro a Majella, Naples (I-Nc): Rari 7.2.20.
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 Complete Score
#19038 - 20.42MB, 110 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6989×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/17)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 76
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1878. Plate H.W. 76.
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 Selections
#675195 - 22.46MB, 72 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 58×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2021/2/11)

Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, n.d.(ca.1737). Plate 619.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Contains only the overture, songs, etc, and final chorus, the recitatives being omitted, as are some of the instrumental parts. Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D459
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Parts

Overture

 Complete Parts
#108331 - 16.59MB, 76 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 627×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Copyist Johann Gottlieb Morgenstern (1687–1763)
Johann Gottfried Grundig (ca.1706–1773)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1730-35).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-32
Schrank II coll. Includes an anonymous aria after the overture.
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 Oboe
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⇒ 4 more: Violin I • Violin II • Viola • Basso Continuo

 Violin I
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 Violin II
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 Viola
#867353 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 25×⇩ - Ricardoanvp

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 Basso Continuo
#867354 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 40×⇩ - Ricardoanvp

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Editor Ricardo Nuñez (b. 1996)
Publisher. Info. Ricardo Nuñez, 2023.
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Misc. Notes Transcription
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Prelude (Act III, Sc.4)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#437805 - 0.18MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 235×⇩ - Michrond

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 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#437806 - 0.46MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 185×⇩ - Michrond

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Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Aria: "Non lo dirò col labbro"

For Voice and Piano (Somervell)
See: Silent Worship by Arthur Somervell

Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1728)
#761350 - 0.18MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 230×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian text (1728)
#767867 - 0.12MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 115×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English translation (1728)
#767868 - 0.15MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 93×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language English / Italian
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1728 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

The separate language pages are more precise transcripts for study purposes.

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General Information

Work Title Tolomeo, re d'Egitto
Alternative. Title Ptolemy ; King of Egypt
Name Translations Tolomeo; Πτολεμαίος
Name Aliases Tolomeo, Re di Egitto
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176668124; LCCN: n89604410; GND: 300188366; BNF: 13913659c
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 25
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 500
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1728-4-19
First Performance. 1728-4-30 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (Tolomeo)
Francesca Cuzzoni (Seleuce)
Faustina Bordoni (Elisa)
Antonio Baldi (Alessandro)
Giuseppe Maria Boschi (Araspe)
Librettist Nicola Francesco Haym, after Carlo Sigismondo Capece, 1711
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
Cast
Tolomeo (alto-castrato)
Seleuce (soprano)
Elisa (soprano)
Alessandro (alto-castrato)
Araspei (bass)
Orchestra
2 recorders, flute, 2 oboes, bassoon
2 horns, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
External Links Wikipedia article
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