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Met Opera 2012-13 - Gulio Cesare - George Frideric Handel

27 April at 6.00pm; 4 May at 6 pm

Conductor: Harry Bicket Production: David McVicar  Set Designer: Robert Jones Costume Designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel Lighting Designer: Paule Constable Choreographer: Andrew George Cast: Natalie Dessay (Cleopatra), Alice Coote (Sesto), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), David Daniels (Giulio Cesare),  Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Guido Loconsolo (Achilla) Duration: 4hrs Live 27 April Encore:4 May Tickets: €20 Concessions (Encore Performances only ) Senior Citizen, Students, Unemployed, Special Needs: €10 Children (under 12) €5 BLOCK TICKET: See all 12 performances (Live or Encore) Get 3 free: €180 See any 6 Performances (Live or Encore) Get 1 free €100 Instructions: Select the performances of your choice and the discount will appear automatically in the checkout section (Discounts apply to full price only) David McVicar’s second new production of the season is this dynamic staging of Giulio Cesare, a hit at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2005, which incorporates elements of Baroque theatre and 19th-century British imperialism to illuminate the opera’s themes of love, war, and empire building. “Giulio Cesare is a kaleidoscope of an opera—a semi-comic, semi-tragic adventure story. You get romance, you get drama, you get moments of political wheeling-and-dealing, complex family relationships—as well as real emotion and tragedy,” McVicar says. “It’s a miracle, and it has enabled me to express everything I feel is important about opera.” David Daniels stars as the title character, opposite Natalie Dessay in her Met role debut as the bewitching Cleopatra, Alice Coote as Sesto, Patricia Bardon as Cornelia, Christophe Dumaux as Tolomeo, and Guido Loconsolo in his Met debut as Achilla.

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