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Caesar conquers Buxton: ETO's slimmed-down Giulio Cesare strikes just the right note

Francis Gush (Giulio Cesare)
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Carolyn Dobbin (Cornelia) and Margo Arsane (Sesto)
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Francis Gush (Giulio Cesare) and Susanna Hurrell (Cleopatra)
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Susanna Hurrell (Cleopatra) and Francis Gush (Giulio Cesare)
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“Susanna Hurrell... beguiling queen, utterly convincing as both political operator and love interest”
Reviewed at Buxton Opera House, Buxton on 11 May 2023
Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17
Sergey Rybin, Conductor
James Conway, Director
Cordelia Chisholm, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Old Street Band
Susanna Hurrell, Cleopatra
Carolyn Dobbin, Cornelia
Francis Gush, Giulio Cesare
Margo Arsane, Sesto
Edward Hawkins, Achilla
Edward Jowle, Curio
Kieron-Connor Valentine, Nireno
Alexander Chance, Tolomeo
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