Event listing: Giulio Cesare | Leeds Grand Theatre | Sat 14 Jan 2012 at 19:00

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Leeds Grand Theatre Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS1 6NZ, United Kingdom

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Programme

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

Performers

Opera North
Robert Howarth	Conductor
Tim Albery	Director
Pamela Helen Stephen	Mezzo-soprano	Giulio Cesare
Sarah Tynan	Soprano	Cleopatra
Ann Taylor	Mezzo-soprano	Cornelia
James Laing	Countertenor	Tolomeo
Kathryn Rudge	Mezzo-soprano	Sesto

Reviews of Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17 directed by Tim Albery

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Leeds Grand Theatre, September 2019

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Sandra Bowdler, 23rd February

From emperors and empresses to nymphs, gods and giants by way of faithful wives, sorceresses, knights, dastardly noblemen and dazzling coloratura arias, here's your guide to the master showman of Baroque opera.

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Opera North's Giulio Cesare is a sparkling success

Laura Kate Wilson, 14th January

The Roman emperor Julius Caesar’s entanglement with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra is one of the best-known love stories of all time, and the operatic re-telling by George Frideric Handel, with its incredible music and universal themes of war, passion and politics, is experiencing a resurgence.

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