Name: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Start: 2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Hôtel-Dieu Museum - Hospices de Beaune

Organization

Festival International d'Opéra Baroque de Beaune

Director(a) orquestal

Ottavio Dantone

Cantante

Contratenor

Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian

Giulio Cesare

Soprano

Mari Eriksmoen

Cleopatra

Contralto

Delphine Galou

Cornelia

Arianna Vendittelli

Sesto

Filippo Mineccia

Ptolomeo

Bajo

Riccardo Novaro

Achilla

Orchestra

Accademia Bizantina

Giulio Cesare in Egitto -  (Julio César)

Beaune

Francia

Hôtel-Dieu Museum - Hospices de Beaune

Giulio Cesare in Egitto Händel

Public

Julio César

Válido

Giulio Cesare conducted in 1991 by René Jacobs, is one of the emblematic productions of the festival and the album recorded that same year with the American mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore in the title role, is still an authority. This version was the first to offer a full text, not arranged, not transposed, an orchestra of original instruments (Concerto Köln) and a theatrical climate faithful to the supposed intentions of the authors. We have entrusted the direction of this new production of Julius Caesar to Ottavio Dantone at the head of his brilliant orchestra, the Accademia Bizantina, with a cast of both young talents (notably the promising French countertenor Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian who is making his debut in the title role of Julius Caesar) and renowned soloists including Mari Eriksmoen as Cleopatra or Arianna Venditelli as Sesto . Panache, burlesque, great feelings, a handful of characters full of color and relief, a myriad of airs, each more magical than the next: here is Julius Caesar, quintessence of the opera called seria, which George Friederic Handel takes things to new heights. A series of tunes alternately tender, mischievous, fiery, martial, majestic, tearful, languorous, desperate which narrate the love of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, against a backdrop of the Egyptian war, political quarrels and internal tumults . In this heroic and loving theater,

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