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Sincerity over sexiness in Alessandrini's take on Giulio Cesare in Tokyo

Daichi Fujiki (Tolomeo) and Marianne Beate Kielland (Giulio Cesare)
© Masahiko Terashi | New National Theatre, Tokyo
Mari Moriya (Cleopatra) and Daichi Fujiki (Tolomeo)
© Masahiko Terashi | New National Theatre, Tokyo
Etsuko Kanoh (Cornelia) and Mika Kaneko (Sesto)
© Masahiko Terashi | New National Theatre, Tokyo
Marianne Beate Kielland (Giulio Cesare)
© Masahiko Terashi | New National Theatre, Tokyo
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“Kielland... the clarity of her diction and the precision of her coloratura passages impressed”
Reviewed at New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo on 5 October 2022
Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17
New National Theatre
Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor
Laurent Pelly, Director, Costume Designer
Chantal Thomas, Set Designer
Joël Adam, Lighting Designer
New National Theatre Chorus
Agathe Mélinand, Dramaturgy
Laurie Feldman, Associate Director
Marianne Beate Kielland, Giulio Cesare
Toshiaki Komada, Curio
Etsuko Kanoh, Cornelia
Mika Kaneko, Sesto
Mari Moriya, Cleopatra
Daichi Fujiki, Tolomeo
Vitaly Yushmanov, Achilla
Toshiyuki Muramatsu, Nireno
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