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

Contre-ténor

Tim Mead

Jules César

London Handel Festival

Soprano

Anna Devin

Cléopâtre

Direction d'orchestre

Christian Curnyn

Rachel Kelly

Sesto

Contralto

Hilary Summers

Cornelia

Rupert Enticknap

Ptolémée

Basse

Callum Thorpe

Achilla

James Hall

Nireno

Early Opera Company

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Early Opera Company

Giulio Cesare in Egitto -  (Jules César~Jules César en Egypte)

Londres

Royaume-Uni

St John's Smith Square

Giulio Cesare in Egitto Händel

Public

Opéra

Jules César~Jules César en Egypte

Valide

“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

Crédits de représentation (Distribution et équipe de production )

Distribution

Ensemble

Coproducteur