Name: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Start: 2018-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St John's Smith Square

Organization

London Handel Festival

Singer

Soprano

Anna Devin

Cleopatra

Conductor

Christian Curnyn

Countertenor

Rachel Kelly

Sesto

Contralto

Hilary Summers

Cornelia

Rupert Enticknap

Tolomeo

Bass

Callum Thorpe

Achilla

James Hall

Nireno

Tim Mead

Julius Caesar

Early Opera Company

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Early Opera Company

Giulio Cesare in Egitto -  (Julius Caesar in Egypt)

London

United Kingdom

St John's Smith Square

Giulio Cesare in Egitto Händel

Public

Julius Caesar in Egypt

Approved

“Instrumentalists are often told to listen to singers for inspiration when it comes to phrasing and expression. But one of the qualities that made [this performance] so unusual and exciting was the almost instrumental freedom and accuracy of their delivery, characteristics which help make Handel’s often virtuosic writing shine as it should. Conductor Christian Curnyn and the period instruments players of his Early Opera Company kept the music on a tight rein, and there were strong contributions from Anna Devin’s powerfully seductive Cleopatra, Rachel Kelly’s defiant Sextus and Callum Thorpe’s resonant Achilla.” The Irish Times, August 2017

First performed in London in 1724, and set against the backdrop of the Roman campaigns, Handel’s operatic masterpiece focuses on the legendary romance between the Roman general Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, the Egyptian princess fighting her brother for the throne.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer