Nomenclature Violons IViolons IIAltosVioloncellesContrebasses Bassons I, IICors en fa I, IITimbalesOrgue Choeur mixte S,A,T,B,RécitantSoprano soloAlto soloTénor soloBaryton-basse solo Conducteur - Ref, DLT2531Matériel - Ref, DLT2531EChoristes - Ref, DLT2536 / Solistes Et Orchestre

Tolomeo was Handel?s last opera for the Royal Academy of Music in London. Composed between March and 19 April 1728 it was premiered on 30 April. Handel revived the opera several times further: in 1730 in an extensive revision with seven performances and in 1733 with four performances.The historical background is the dispute between Cleopatra III and her younger son Ptolemaio X Alexander I ( Tolomeo ). In 110 BC Cleopatra drove Tolomeo out of Egypt. She died irreconciled to him in 101 BC.The new vocal score is based on the ?Halle Handel Edition?. The main part contains the version from the premiere. The extensiveappendix also enables later versions to be performed.Based on the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition.Thoroughly revised practical performing vocal score.Italian text with German singing translation.Detailed foreword in two languages (German/English).Also available: full score and performance material to hire.

Opera in three acts-Lotario HWV 26Opera in three actsHandel?s opera Lotario was first heard at the King?s Theater in the Haymarket on 2 December 1729 and had a run of nine performances. Though never revived in the composer?s lifetime Handel reused many of its arias in his later operas sometimes altering the words.The historical background of the plot is the conflict between Otto I (912 973) and Berengar of Ivrea for the Italian crown and Otto?s marriage to the Italian queen Adelaide in 951. In the course of composition the name of the hero (?Ottone? in Salvi?s libretto) was altered to ?Lotario? since Handel had already written an opera entitled Ottone on thelife of Otto II (955 983) in 1722.The vocal score contains the version composed for the performances of December 1729 and January 1730. It is based on the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition.- Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition.- Full score (BA4074) & vocal score (BA4074-90) available for sale.- Performance material (BA4074-72) available for hire