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Opera North's inventive Giulio Cesare a stirring tribute to Handel

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“Heather Lowe was terrific in the trouser role of Sesto, with an impressively agile voice”
Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 28 September 2019
Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17
Christian Curnyn, Conductor
Tim Albery, Director
Leslie Travers, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Maria Sanner, Giulio Cesare
Lucie Chartin, Cleopatra
Heather Lowe, Sesto
James Laing, Tolomeo
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Nireno
Darren Jeffery, Achilla
Catherine Hopper, Cornelia
Dean Robinson, Curio
Thomas C Hase, Lighting Designer
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