The appeal of Handel's comic masterpiece is plane for all to see.
133. Serse (Handel)
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132. Arminio (Handel)
Posterity has not been kind to Handel's late opera Arminio.. With my customary perversity, I enjoyed it more than Giulio Cesare.
123. Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Handel)
Dramma per musico in 3 actsComposer: George Frideric HandelLibretto: Niccolò Francesco Haym after Giacomo Francesco BussaniFirst performed: King's Theater, Haymarket, London, 20 February 1724 GIULIO CESARE [Julius Caesar]Alto castratoFrancesco Bernardini (“Senesino”)CLEOPATRA, Queen of EgyptSopranoFrancesca CuzzoniTOLOMEO, her brother, King of EgyptAlto castratoGaetano BerenstadtCORNELIA, widow of PompeyContraltoAnastasia RobinsonSESTO, her stepsonSoprano (en travesti)Margherita DurastantiACHILLA, Tolomeo’s generalBassGiuseppe Maria BoschiCURIO, … Continue reading 123. Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Handel)
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