Giulio Cesare

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Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier Paris, Île-de-France, 75009, France

Dates/horaires selon le fuseau horaire de Paris

Programme

Jules César en Egypte (Giulio Cesare in Egitto)

Artistes

Opéra national de Paris
Emmanuelle Haïm	Direction
Laurent Pelly	Mise en scène
Orchestre et chœur du Concert d'Astrée
Lawrence Zazzo	Mezzo-soprano	Jules César (Giulio Cesare)
Varduhi Abrahamyan	Mezzo-soprano	Cornélie (Cornelia)
Karine Deshayes	Mezzo-soprano	Sextus (Sesto)
Sandrine Piau	Soprano	Cléopâtre (Cleopatra)
Christophe Dumaux	Contre-ténor	Prolémée (Tolomeo)
Paul Gay	Basse	Achille (Achilla)
Dominique Visse	Contre-ténor	Nirenus (Nireno)
Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin	Basse	Curio

Never had his melodic genius been more effulgent: the score contains some of his brightest jewels, like Cleopatra's arias. Jane Archibald, Karine Deshayes and Laurence Zazzo are the heroes of this vocal festivity.Performed in Italian.

Jules César en Egypte (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), HWV 17 par Laurent Pelly, nos comptes-rendus

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New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, octobre 2022 (English)

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Teatro Regio di Torino, Turin, novembre 2014 (English)

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