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Work: Caligula

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ComposerGlanert, Detlev (b. 1960)
PeriodContemporary
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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Caligula slain in the Coliseum: A triumph for ENO

Where could be more appropriate to see the story of Caligula, Rome’s most notorious emperor/self-proclaimed God, than in the Coliseum! Its purple SPQR livery made the opening to this performance all the more striking as Caligula, dishevelled, unhinged and not a little scary, crept on stage through the curtain in dead silence.
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