Giulio Cesare

Giulio Cesare (2022)

Music

For his first appearance in the pit in Paris with his Artaserse ensemble, Philippe Jaroussky has chosen a masterpiece that he knows well, having sung the role of Sesto on numerous occasions, notably in the highly acclaimed Salzburg production alongside Cecilia Bartoli. As for the staging, we will welcome for the first time on Avenue Montaigne a Venetian who is used to the greatest European stages and who has undertaken his first Handel, Alcina, in the summer of 2019 in Salzburg with Ruggiero... Philippe Jaroussky. Everyone agrees on his ability to imagine delicate and highly effective dramaturgical worlds (his Barber of Seville for the Paris Opera is an irresistible visual translation of Rossini's frenzied score). His debut in opera seria with Alcina also showed his intelligence in giving coherence and emotion to the demanding arias da capo. On stage, a team familiar with the Théàtre des Champs-Elysées and this repertoire, led by a very fine trio of French women.

Director: Damiano Michieletto

Casts

	Gaëlle Arquez as Giulio Cesare
	Sabine Devieilhe as Cleopatra
	Lucile Richardot as Cornelia
	Franco Fagioli as Sesto
	Carlo Vistoli as Tolomeo
	Stefano Salvatori as Achilla
	Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian as Nirone
	Adrien Fournaison as Curio
	Philippe Jaroussky as Conductor

Crew