Hail Caesar! Glyndebourne’s celebrated Giulio Cesare returns

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Giulio Cesare)

Louise Alder (Cleopatra) and Cameron Shahbazi (Tolomeo)

Louise Alder (Cleopatra) and dancers

Beth Taylor (Cornelia) and Svetlina Stoyanova (Sesto)

Cameron Shahbazi (Tolomeo)

Por Roy Westbrook, 24 junio 2024

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“Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, strong and stirring as man of action, tender and poignant as would-be lover”

Crítica hecha desde Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne el 23 junio 2024

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Laurence Cummings, Dirección

Sir David McVicar, Dirección de escena

Robert Jones, Diseño de escena

Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Diseño de vestuario

Paule Constable, Diseño de iluminación

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Giulio Cesare

Louise Alder, Cleopatra

Beth Taylor, Cornelia

Svetlina Stoyanova, Sesto

Cameron Shahbazi, Tolomeo

Luca Tittoto, Achilla

Ray Chenez, Nireno

Andrew George, Coreografía

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.

Hail Caesar! Glyndebourne’s celebrated Giulio Cesare in Egitto returns