HANDEL Tolomeo

 

Ann Hallenberg, Karina Gauvin, Anna Bonitatibus, Romina Basso, Pietro Spagnoli

Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis

 

Following highly acclaimed, award-winning recordings of Handel’s Rodelinda and Floridante and Vivaldi’s Motezuma, Alan Curtis and his Il Complesso Barocco bring another neglected baroque jewel to life

 

Alan Curtis, the pioneer of baroque opera revivals and three-time winner of the German Record Critics’ Prize here works his magic on Handel’s Tolomeo

 

Written in 1728, Tolomeo is a gripping story of revenge, lust, lost love and eventual reconciliation. It was the final opera created by Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in London, where it was premiered with a sensational cast led by one of the most famous singers of the day, the castrato Senesino

 

In this recording, Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco are joined by some of today’s leading Handel singers headed by Ann Hallenberg as Tolomeo and also featuring Karina Gauvin, Anna Bonitatibus, Romina Basso and Pietro Spagnoli

 

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