Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Tiziano Mancini
2022-09-23


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183 min

Triumphantly premiered in 1724 at the King's Theatre in London, George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto masterfully combines human emotions: Triumph with sorrow, despair with happiness and love with profound melancholy in the face of the transience of all earthly life. Star director Keith Warner creates a production that imaginatively blends silent film and baroque opera, delightfully echoing Mankiewicz's legendary Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton. An excellent cast of singers is led by two of the world's leading countertenors: Bejun Mehta and Christophe Dumaux. Louise Alder shines as the seductive Cleopatra. Patricia Bardon, Simon Bailey and Jake Arditti are further highlights in this extraordinary group of singers, while Ivor Bolton provides the appropriate soundtrack on the podium of the Concentus Musicus Wien.

Cast

Name Character Team
Bejun Mehta Giulio Cesare Unowned
Louise Alder Cleopatra Unowned
Christophe Dumaux Tolomeo Unowned
Patricia Bardon Cornelia Unowned
Jake Arditti Sesto Unowned
Simon Bailey Achilla Unowned
Konstantin Derri Nireno Unowned
Joni Ă–sterlund Pompeo Unowned