Name: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Start: 2022-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: New National Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Rinaldo Alessandrini

Stage director

Laurent Pelly

Costume designer

Set designer

Chantal Thomas

Lighting designer

Joël Adam

Dramaturge

Agathe Mélinand

Associate Director

Laurie Feldman

Countertenor

Marianne Beate Kielland

Julius Caesar

Bass

Toshiaki Komada

Curio

Contralto

Etsuko Kanoh

Cornelia

Kaneko Mika

Sesto

Soprano

Mari Moriya

Cleopatra

Daichi Fujiki

Tolomeo

Vitaly Yushmanov

Achilla

Toshiyuki Muramatsu

Nireno

New National Theatre Tokyo

Others

New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra

Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

Italian

Giulio Cesare in Egitto -  (Julius Caesar in Egypt)

Tokyo

Japan

New National Theatre

Opera Palace

Public

Julius Caesar in Egypt

English

Japanese

Approved

Giulio Cesare in Egitto Händel

"Giulio Cesare", which was scheduled to be performed from April 7th to 12th, 2020, has been canceled to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection. We are very sorry to all of you who have been looking forward to it. Unfortunately, we had to make a difficult decision, but we have prepared a video to show you the rehearsals that took place over the course of about two weeks. We believe in reuniting with the large cast and staff involved in this production, as well as the audience who are eagerly awaiting the performance, and we are making adjustments so that we can perform this Giulio Cesare in a future season. We sincerely hope that the situation will be resolved as soon as possible, and we look forward to sharing smiles with everyone again through opera. ◆ Contents
0:04From the first act standing rehearsal
4:02Three-way talk (Kazushi Ono, Opera Artistic Director x Laurent Perry x Rinaldo Alessandrini)
14:51from the final rehearsal
28:05End Roll Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini Direction/Costume: Roland Perry Production: Chantal Thomas Lighting: Joel Adam Coolio: Toshiaki Komada Cornelia: Etsuko Kano Sesto: Mika Kaneko Cleopatra: Mari Moriya Tolomeo: Daichi Fujiki Achilla: Vitali Artistic Director: Kazushi Ono Production of l'Opéra national de Paris

New National Theatre, Giulio Cesare rehearsal scene

Expectations were high on all sides when Artistic Director of Opera, ONO Kazushi, scheduled Giulio Cesare as the first production in our baroque opera series. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic put rehearsals and performances on hold. After two and a half years of anticipation, we are now finally able to bring this magnificent baroque opera to the Opera Palace.

Giulio Cesare by master Baroque composer Georg Friedrich Händel is a notable work that established his reputation in England. This opera seria is based on the story of Caesar and Cleopatra and features successively unfolding arias in recitativo style. It is a spectacle of pleasure, showcasing dramatic effects, a variety of beautiful music and skilled vocal performances.

This production by Laurent PELLY was a success as soon as it hit the stage of Palais Garnier, Opéra National de Paris in 2011, and then performed at the Teatro Regio di Torino in 2014. PELLY's concept is that of "history in a dream". Taking a "playful look at history", a dramatic fantasy unfolds in the storeroom of an Egyptian antiquities museum. Colossal statues and paintings successively come to life in a clever mix of the ancient and the modern.

Baroque music virtuoso Rinaldo ALESSANDRINI takes up the conductor's baton, alongside notable singers MORIYA Mari, FUJIKI Daichi, KANOH Etsuko, KANEKO Mika and others from the scheduled cast in 2020. An outstanding Swedish mezzo-soprano Marianne Beate KIELLAND appears in the title role.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer