Giulio Cesare in Egitto
One of Handel’s most beloved operas and one of the most frequently performed musical dramas of the Baroque period returns to the Teatro Real in a concert version. Il Pomo d’Oro, conducted by Francesco Corti, accompanies two of the most acclaimed voices of the moment: Jakub Józef Orliński as Giulio Cesare and Sabine Devieilhe as Cleopatra.
Opera in three acts
Music by Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759)
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, based on the play of the same name (1677) by Francesco Bussani
Premiered at the King’s Theatre, London, on 20 February 1724
Premiered at the Teatro Real on 1 November 2002
Opera in concert version
Artistic team
Conductor and harpsichordist | Francesco Corti
Cast
Giulio Cesare | Jakub Józef Orliński
Curio | Marco Saccardin
Cornelia | Beth Taylor
Sesto | Rebecca Leggett
Cleopatra | Sabine Devieilhe
Ptolomeo | Yuriy Mynenko
Achilla | Alex Rosen
Nireno | Rémy Brès-Feuillet
Il Pomo d’Oro