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David McVicar’s legendary production of Giulio Cesare is a Glyndebourne classic - a brilliantly choreographed response to one of Handel’s finest scores. The action is based on the historical events of the Roman civil war of 48–47 BC. Julius Caesar has defeated his rival Pompey and pursued him to Alexandria, capital of Egypt.
Giulio Cesare arrives in Egypt, where he meets warring royal siblings Cleopatra and Tolomeo, each determined to win the throne by any means possible. Appalled by Tolomeo’s cruelty and violence, and seduced by the beautiful Cleopatra, Cesare throws his support behind her.
Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt, HWV 17), commonly known simply as Giulio Cesare, is an Italian opera in three acts written for the Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel in 1724.
Synopsis. Handel’s Giulio Cesare tells the story of how Julius Caesar (Cesare) tries to bring peace to the turbulent relationship between the Egyptian and Roman empires, but is prevented from doing so by Ptolemy (Tolomeo), the current Egyptian King.
24 cze 2024 · Hail Caesar! Glyndebourne’s celebrated Giulio Cesare in Egitto returns. By Roy Westbrook, 24 June 2024. This well-established and widely admired production of Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto premiered at Glyndebourne in 2005 and was last played here in 2018.
Giuseppe Verdi. David McVicar’s legendary production of Giulio Cesare is a Glyndebourne classic - a brilliantly choreographed response to one of Handel’s finest scores. The 2005 production of Giulio Cesare is available to watch on demand by subscribing to Glyndebourne Encore - our streaming service.
5 kwi 2013 · Photo: Marty Sohl. With David McVicar’s spirited take on Giulio Cesare, an opulent and vibrant world where British imperialism and raja images represent the Roman conquest of Egypt, New York finally has a stunning production of one of Handel’s most magnificent works.
