Handel: Giulio Cesare (1990)

Handel: Giulio Cesare (1990)

1990-01-01 Germany 0 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Director Peter Sellars helms this provocative adaptation of George Frideric Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare," sung in the original Italian by soprano Susan Larson (who plays Cleopatra) and countertenor Jeffrey Gall (in the role of Julius Caesar) but set in a very different locale: a futuristic Middle East. Sellars personally wrote the English subtitles included in this version to match the tone he intended for his vision.

Cast

Jeffrey Gall is Julius Cäsar
Julius Cäsar
Susan Larson is Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Drew Minter is Ptolomäus
Ptolomäus
James Maddalena is Achillas
Cheryl Cobb is Nirena