Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759) | Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Ägypten) HWV 17 (Part 1: The Death of Pompey) |
English Touring Opera | ||
Jonathan Peter Kenny | Musikalische Leitung | |
James Conway | Regie | |
Cordelia Chisholm | Bühnenbild, Kostüme | |
Mark Howland | Licht | |
Old Street Band | ||
Christopher Ainslie | Countertenor | Giulio Cesare |
Soraya Mafi | Sopran | Cleopatra |
Benjamin Williamson | Countertenor | Tolomeo |
Catherine Carby | Mezzosopran | Cornelia |
Kitty Whately | Mezzosopran | Sesto |
Benjamin Bevan | Bariton | Achilla |
Frederick Long | Bass | Curio |
Sung in Italian with English surtitles
Giulio Cesare is Handel’s most celebrated opera: a thrilling story of passion and revenge set to one of the composer’s most beautiful scores. In this new production we are presenting the opera in full, divided in 2 parts on consecutive nights (or on the same day for Saturday performances).
Part I: The Death of Pompey (Acts 1 & 2)
Having defeated his rival Pompey, can Caesar now survive the machinations of King of Egypt Ptolemy and his sister Cleopatra?