Barock am Traumschiff: Giulio Cesare mit Cecilia Bartoli in Wien

Cecilia Bartoli (Cleopatra)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Cecilia Bartoli (Cleopatra)

Carlo Vistoli (Giulio Cesare)

Max Emanuel Cenčić (Tolomeo)

Péter Kálmán (Achilla)

Kangmin Justin Kim (Sesto) und Sara Mingardo (Cornelia)

By Snapdragon, 11 July 2024

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“kollektives Entzücken und Gänsehautmomente”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 8 July 2024

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

Gianluca Capuano, Conductor

Davide Livermore, Director

Giò Forma, Set Designer

Mariana Fracasso, Costume Designer

Antonio Castro, Lighting Designer

Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

D-Wok, Video

Carlo Vistoli, Giulio Cesare

Cecilia Bartoli, Cleopatra

Kangmin Justin Kim, Sesto

Sara Mingardo, Cornelia

Max Emanuel Cenčić, Tolomeo

Luca Vianello, Curio

Peter Kálmán, Achilla

Federica Spatola, Nireno

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.

Barock am Traumschiff: Giulio Cesare in Egitto mit Cecilia Bartoli an der Wiener Staatsoper