Event listing: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17 | Teatro alla Scala | Event is in the past

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Teatro alla ScalaVia Filodrammatici, 2, Milan, Lombardy, 20121, Italy

Dates/times in Rome time zone

Programme

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

Performers

Teatro alla Scala
Giovanni Antonini	Conductor
Robert Carsen	Director
Gideon Davey	Set Designer, Costume Designer
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Bejun Mehta	Countertenor	Giulio Cesare
Danielle de Niese	Soprano	Cleopatra
Sara Mingardo	Mezzo-soprano	Cornelia
Philippe Jaroussky	Countertenor	Sesto
Christophe Dumaux	Countertenor	Tolomeo
Christian Senn	Baritone	Achilla
Renato Dolcini	Baritone	Curio
Luigi Schifano	Countertenor	Nireno

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