Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Bejun Mehta

Giulio Cesare

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Louise Alder

Cleopatra

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Christophe Dumaux

Tolomeo

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Patricia Bardon

Cornelia

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Jake Arditti

Sesto

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Simon Bailey

Achilla

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Konstantin Derri

Nireno

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Joni Österlund

Pompeo

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Conductor	Ivor Bolton
Directing	Stage Director	Keith Warner
	Director	Tiziano Mancini
Lighting	Lighting Design	Mark Jonathan
Crew	Choreographer	Mandy Demetriou
Writing	Lyricist	Nicola Francesco Haym
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