Soprano Julie Fuchs about Handel's Giulio Cesare | Dutch National Opera

Caesar and Cleopatra, passion and war

Romance and power take centre stage in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, set against the backdrop of Ancient Rome and Egypt. In the midst of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BCE), Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) discovers that his rival Pompeo has been cruelly executed by the Egyptian king Tolomeo. While Pompeo’s widow Cornelia mourns her husband, and his son Sesto vows vengeance on the man who killed his father, Tolomeo’s sister and wife Cleopatra decides to seduce Cesare in order to enlist his support and tip the balance of power in her favour.

https://nationale.operaballet.nl/trailer-giulio-cesare

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Opera in three acts

Sung in Italian

Libretto Nicola Haym

Musical direction – Emmanuelle Haïm
Stage direction – Calixto Bieito
Set design – Rebecca Ringst
Costume design- Ingo Krügler
Lighting design – Michael Bauer
Video – Sarah Derendinger
Dramaturgy – Bettina Auer

Giulio Cesare – Christophe Dumaux
Curio – Georgiy Derbas-Richter*
Cornelia – Teresa Iervolino
Sesto – Cecilia Molinari
Cleopatra – Julie Fuchs
Tolomeo – Cameron Shahbazi
Achilla – Frederik Bergman
Nireno – Jake Ingbar*

* Dutch National Opera Studio

Le Concert d’Astrée

Co-production with the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)

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