Sincerity over sexiness in Tokyo's Giulio Cesare

Daichi Fujiki (Tolomeo) and Marianne Beate Kielland (Giulio Cesare)

Mari Moriya (Cleopatra) and Daichi Fujiki (Tolomeo)

Etsuko Kanoh (Cornelia) and Mika Kaneko (Sesto)

Marianne Beate Kielland (Giulio Cesare)

Von Nahoko Gotoh, 10 Oktober 2022

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“Kielland... the clarity of her diction and the precision of her coloratura passages impressed”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo, am 5 Oktober 2022

Händel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Ägypten) HWV 17

New National Theatre

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Musikalische Leitung

Laurent Pelly, Regie, Kostüme

Chantal Thomas, Bühnenbild

Joël Adam, Licht

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

New National Theatre Chorus

Agathe Mélinand, Dramaturgie

Laurie Feldman, Associate Director

Marianne Beate Kielland, Giulio Cesare

Toshiaki Komada, Curio

Etsuko Kanoh, Cornelia

Mika Kaneko, Sesto

Mari Moriya, Cleopatra

Daichi Fujiki, Tolomeo

Vitaly Yushmanov, Achilla

Toshiyuki Muramatsu, Nireno

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***11

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***11

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****1

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.

Sincerity over sexiness in Alessandrini's take on Giulio Cesare in Tokyo