Händel, Georg Friedrich
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
HWV 17
Librettists: Haym, Nicola ; Bussani, Giacomo Francesco
Composition: 1724.
Roles:
Giulio Cesare, first Roman emperor (alto castrato); Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (soprano); Tolomeo, King of Egypt, Cleopatra's brother (alto castrato); Corneila, widow of Pompey (contralto); Sesto, stepson of Corneila, son of Pompey (soprano); Achilla, Tolomeo's general (bass); Curio, Roman tribune (bass); Nireno, servant of Cleopatra and Tolomeo (alto castrato)
Music
9. Va tacito e nascosto
Tempo: Andante, e piano
Metre:
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Key: F major
Sources
Recordings: Recordings
[Classification: Sound recording]
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1988 Met
Local Dropbox Händel_Giulio_Cesare-NYMET88.
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1971 NYC Opera 14 Oct
Seafile Händel_Giulio_Cesare-NYCity71.
Performances
| 27 Sept. 1988 |
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, USA (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; conductor: Trevor Pinnock; singers: Tatiana Troyanos; Kathleen Battle; Jeffrey Gall; Sarah Walker; Martine Dupuy; Julien Robbins; Erich Parce; Derek Lee Ragin; production personnel: John Copley; set designer: John Pascoe; costume designer: Michael Stennett; lighting designer: Gil Wechsler).
Giulio Cesare received eight performances this season.
This production was created for the English National Opera.
FUNDING:
Production gift of DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace, co-founders of Reader's Digest |
| 24 Oct. 1971 |
New York State Theater, New York, New York, USA (New York City Opera; New York City Opera Orchestra; New York City Opera Orchestra; New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Chorus; conductor: Julius Rudel; singers: Robert Hale; Beverly Sills; Thomas Paul; Joyce Gerber; Susanne Marsee; Dominic Cossa; William Ledbetter; David Rae Smith; Francis Bible).
Mid way through act 1 Joyce Gerber, who was singing Cornelia, suddenly found herself unable to sing. Francis Bible stepped in and sang from the pit for the rest of the performance while Gerber continued to act the role on stage. Rudel made the announcement explaining the situation before the beginning of Act 2.
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