Organization

Singer

Countertenor

Katie Coventry

Sesto

Soprano

Sophie Junker

Cleopatra

Nicholas Tamagna

Tolomeo

Bass

Riccardo Novaro

Achilla

Conductor

George Petrou

Stage director

Yuriy Mynenko

Julius Caesar

Artur Janda

Curio

Contralto

Francesca Ascioti

Cornelia

Rafał Tomkiewicz

Nireno

Lighting designer

Stella Kaltsou

Costume designer

Paris Mexis

Set designer

Nederlandse Reisopera

Orchestra

Phion

Italian

Giulio Cesare in Egitto -  (Julius Caesar in Egypt)

Enschede

Netherlands

Wilminktheater

Amsterdam

Koninklijk Theater Carré

Utrecht

Stadsschouwburg

Groningen

Zwolle

Theater De Spiegel

Apeldoorn

Theater Orpheus

Breda

Chassé Theater

Arnhem

Musis & Stadstheater Arnhem

Eindhoven

Parktheater

Maastricht

Theater aan het Vrijthof

Giulio Cesare in Egitto Händel

Public

Julius Caesar in Egypt

Dutch

English

Approved

Stadsschouwburg Utrecht

December 2021: Designer Paris Mexis shows you how Giulio Cesare's sets and costumes are made in Egitto. Performance dates Enschede (Jan 22), Maastricht (Jan 27), Eindhoven (Jan 29), Arnhem (1 Feb), Breda (3 Feb), Apeldoorn (5 Feb), Zwolle (10 Feb), Groningen (12 Feb), Utrecht (Feb 17), Amsterdam (Feb 19) and The Hague (Feb 20)

Head Of Artistic Affairs

Josef Fuchs

In this spectacular Baroque opera by director/conductor George Petrou, the protagonist Julius Caesar (Giulio Cesare) is a 1920s adventurer – complete with fedora hat. He is - like so many archaeologists at the time - looking for a tomb of a pharaoh and suddenly encounters the apparition of Cleopatra. Is she a ghost, a mummy?

George Petrou says about his concept: “It's an adventure!”. Baroque operas have always been spectacular pieces and this version takes it even further. Sets and costumes show a mix of ancient Egypt and the Roaring Twenties .  

Petrou directs and conducts this production: an unusual combination we deliberately chose with baroque expert George Petrou.

Julius Caesar in Egypt by Händel, From (2022/2022), Directed by George Petrou,, Conductor George Petrou, Wilminktheater, Enschede, Netherlands

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