Handel's Tolomeo

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn life of Ptolemy IX of Egypt
gptkbp:catalogueNumber HWV 25
gptkbp:composer gptkb:George_Frideric_Handel
gptkbp:firstLondonRevival 1938
gptkbp:firstPerformed Anna Maria Strada (as Elisa)
Antonio Bernacchi (as Alessandro)
Francesca Cuzzoni (as Seleuce)
Giovanni Battista Palmerini (as Araspe)
Senesino (as Tolomeo)
gptkbp:fullTitle Tolomeo, re d'Egitto
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
gptkbp:historicalName last opera Handel wrote for the Royal Academy of Music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Handel's Tolomeo
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Niccolò_Francesco_Haym
1728
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Alessandro
gptkb:Elisa
gptkb:Ptolemy_IX
Araspe
Seleuce
gptkbp:notableAria Inumano fratel
Non lo dirò col labbro
Stille amare
gptkbp:notableRecording Alan Curtis (2007)
George Petrou (2010)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:period gptkb:Hellenistic_Egypt
gptkbp:premiereDate 30 April 1728
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:King's_Theatre,_London
gptkbp:publisher Walsh (London, 1728)
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Cyprus
gptkbp:structure aria and recitative
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nicola_Francesco_Haym
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8