Organization

Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe

Stage director

Benjamin Lazar

Conductor

Federico Maria Sardelli

Lighting designer

Mael Iger

Costume designer

Alain Blanchot

Set designer

Adeline Caron

Video designer

Yann Chapotel

Dramaturge

Deborah Maier

Singer

Countertenor

Cameron Shahbazi

Tolomeo

Soprano

Louise Kemény

Seleuce

Eléonore Pancrazi

Elisa

Meili Li

Alessandro

Bass

Morgan Pearse

Araspe

Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe

Orchestra

Deutsche Handel-Solisten

Others

German Handel Soloists

Italian

Tolomeo, re d'egitto

Karlsruhe

Germany

Staatstheater

Grosses Haus

Public

Private

Ptolemy, King of Egypt, HWV 25

German

English

Approved

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Tolomeo, re d'egitto: Tolomeo Händel

TOLOMEO RE D'EGITTO - Trailer

Antihero Tolomeo, betrayed by his mother, throne from the throne, robbed of his fiancée and driven into exile in Cyprus, only wants to put an end to his life and is surprised by life in the process. This year's HÄNDEL-FESTSPIELE will show Handel's opera about the suicidal King of Egypt for the first time at the STAATSTHEATER. In his capacity as Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Music, Handel sponsored the performances of Italian operas - primarily his own - at London's King's Theater on Haymarket. In the 1727/28 season he presented three works of his own production there: Riccardo Primo , Siroe and Tolomeo . The latter was quickly forgotten after its premiere on April 30, 1728 - wrongly!

Shooting star Cameron Shahbazi can be seen for the first time in a title role at STAATSTHEATER. With the role of Tolomeo he follows in the footsteps of the castrato world star and Handel's favorite Senesino, who was on stage at the premiere alongside the rival prima donuts Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni. The prominent Italian baroque conductor Federico Maria Sardelli, who led the 2015 gala concert in , made his operatic debut at the 2020 Handel Festival. Benjamin Lazar, director of poetic productions at STAATSTHEATER such as The Children of Olympus , Pelleas and Melisande and the Karlsruhe audience favorite Riccardo Primo by candlelight, staged the new staging of the HÄNDEL-FESTSPIELE 2020 and thus closed one of the last gaps in the program.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer