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Giulio Cesare [videorecording] : opera in three acts / libretto by Nicola Haym, after Giovanni Francesco Bussani's Giulio Cesare in Egitto ; music by Georg Frideric Handel ; from Glyndebourne.

By: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Contributor(s): Connolly, Sarah [prf] | Ashworth, Alexander [prf] | Bardon, Patricia [prf] | Kirchschlager, Angelika [prf] | De Niese, Danielle [prf] | Benabdeslam, Rachid [prf] | Dumaux, Christophe [prf] | Maltman, Christopher [prf] | Zweiner, Nadja [prf] | Bury, Alison [itr] | Christie, William (William Lincoln) [cnd] | McVicar, David | Jones, Robert | Reiffenstuel, Brigitte | Constable, Paule | George, Andrew (Choreographer) | McDonald, Bernard | Haym, Nicola Francesco [lbt] | Bussani, G. F. (Giacomo Francesco) [lbt] | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [prf] | Glyndebourne Festival Chorus [prf] | Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Heathfield : Opus Arte, 2009Description: 2 videodiscs [306 min] : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Caesar, Julius -- Drama | OperasDDC classification: DVD/122 BlueRay
Production Credits: David McVicar, director ; Robert Jones, set designer ; Brigitte Reiffenstuel, costume designer ; Paule Constable, lighting designer ; Andrew George, movement director ; Bernard McDonald (Chorus Master).
Sarah Connolly (Giulio Cesare) ; Alexander Ashworth (Curio) ; Patricia Bardon (Cornelia) ; Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto) ; Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra) ; Rachid Ben Abdeslam (Nireno) ; Christoph Dumaux (Tolomeo) ; Chistopher Maltman (Achilla) ; Nadja Zweiner (On-Stage Violin) ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; The Glyndebourne Chorus ; Alison Bury (Leader) ; William Christie (Conductor).

Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacomo Francesco Bussani's 'Guilio Cesare in Egitto'.

Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French in container.

David McVicar, director ; Robert Jones, set designer ; Brigitte Reiffenstuel, costume designer ; Paule Constable, lighting designer ; Andrew George, movement director ; Bernard McDonald (Chorus Master).

Sarah Connolly (Giulio Cesare) ; Alexander Ashworth (Curio) ; Patricia Bardon (Cornelia) ; Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto) ; Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra) ; Rachid Ben Abdeslam (Nireno) ; Christoph Dumaux (Tolomeo) ; Chistopher Maltman (Achilla) ; Nadja Zweiner (On-Stage Violin) ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; The Glyndebourne Chorus ; Alison Bury (Leader) ; William Christie (Conductor).

Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom, 14 & 17 August 2005.

Blu-ray disc; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0 , PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.

Sung in Italian, with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Tony Duggan collection.