Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt)Fully staged, sung in Italian and English with English super-titles.Georg Frideric Händel. Opera in three acts. 1724.Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after an earlier libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani.First performance at the King’s Theater, London, on 20th February 1724.
ROMANS Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar)
Marcela Pan Gosh Curio, a Roman tribune
Kent Haynes Vitale Cornelia, widow of Pompey
Siuzanna Iglidan & Molly Durand Sesto (Sextus), son of Pompey
Phil Pritchard & Anne LaBella
EGYPTIANS
Cleopatra, Queen of EgyptLinda Jackson & Mariana Ramirez Tolomeo (Ptolemy), her brother, King of Egypt
Art Dumindin Achilla (Achillas), a general, his counsellor
Tom Ahern Nireno (Nirenus), confidant of Cleopatra & Ptolemy
- Dominique Allado
CREATIVE STAFF
Stage Director Linda Jackson Stage Manager Leona Levenson Assistant Stage Manager Laura Roque Chorus Master & Choreographer Maria Schmidt Accompanist Allen Andrews
Lighting Andrew Johnston
THE STORY
Julius Caesar, in pursuit of Pompey, lands in Egypt, where Pompey’s wife, Cornelia, and her son Sextus negotiate a reconciliation.
Ptolemy greets Caesar with the gift of Pompey’s severed head.
Cornelia is overcome with grief and attempts suicide. Her step-son Sextus threatens vengeance.Händel’s timeless opera about twisted sibling rivalry and out of control ambition is awesome! Come see and hear us perform this brilliant MASTERPIECE!
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7:30pm to 10:30pm
Doors open at 7:00pm
General Admission: $30.00
Mt Olive Lutheran Church<br> 1343 Ocean Park Blvd<br> Santa Monica, 90405
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