Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

It’s a sound conception, executed with clever conceits – costume-changes prominent among them – and lively stage business that stops short of distracting from the emotional dramas which are of... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2022 More…

Release Date: 23rd Sep 2022
Catalogue No: 807708
Label: Unitel Editions

International Classical Music Awards

2023

Nominated - Video: Opera

Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Louise Alder (soprano), Jake Arditti (countertenor), Patricia Bardon (contralto), Christophe Dumaux (countertenor), Simon Bailey, Concentus musicus Wien (early music ensemble)
Ivor Bolton

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Triumphantly premiered in 1724 at the King’s Theatre in London, George Frideric Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto masterfully combines human emotions: Triumph with sorrow, despair with happiness and love with profound melancholy in the face of the transience of all earthly life. Star director Keith Warner creates a production that imaginatively blends silent film and baroque opera, delightfully echoing Mankiewicz’s legendary Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton. An excellent cast of singers is led by two of the world’s leading countertenors: Bejun Mehta and Christophe Dumaux. Louise Alder shines as the seductive Cleopatra. Patricia Bardon, Simon Bailey and Jake Arditti are further highlights in this extraordinary group of singers, while Ivor Bolton provides the appropriate soundtrack on the podium of the Concentus Musicus Wien. “Cheers for all involved” Kurier.

“A must for baroque opera fans.” Kronen Zeitung

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December 2022

It’s a sound conception, executed with clever conceits – costume-changes prominent among them – and lively stage business that stops short of distracting from the emotional dramas which are of course the true source of this opera’s greatness.

Opera Now December 2022

She is Louise Alder, her soprano glittering at the top with its compact vibrato, and enjoying every moment of her seductive Louise Brooks allure. He is Christophe Dumaux, zipping through his coloratura with aplomb and chewing the scenery. They are both hugely magnetic.

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