OPERA: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

The Carnegie Mellon School of Music presents an extraordinarily rare production of Antonio Sartorio's "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," which has been mounted only a handful of times since being rediscovered 300 years after its composition. Sartorio's dramatic and delightful score for "Julius Caesar in Egypt" utilizes the original libretto written by Giacomo Bussani, which was later adapted for the more well-known opera composed by Handel.
The classic "Julius Caesar" tells the story of the Roman Dictator through a combination of a traditional period and contemporary visual and poetic approach. Guest Conductor and Director, Gary Thor Wedow and Dennis Whitehead Darling, will lead you in a newly envisioned production of the Shakespeare tragedy through the eyes of Cleopatra and the eponymous character who played a critical role in the demise of the Roman Republic and consequently the rise of the Roman Empire.
Antonio Sartorio - Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Gary Thor Wedow, conductor
Dennis Whitehead Darling, director
Premieres Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 8:00 PM
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[@karenmbolland9646]

Am enjoying this performance verrrrry much!!!

[@ms_opera_glam]

Great work CMU!

[@aielaiel]

The intricate masks are very intriguing. That little extra umph to the costumes.

[@theonewhoknocks6353]

Where's the part of "Piangero la sorte mia" it's the best part of this beautiful opera

[@sartorio2007]

very abridged version I must say

[@garyfietta1675]

Haendel sang with masks... Never seen something more ridicolous ( or tragic ) than that...

[@paolocarrara7267]

Very fine opera, but the singers....

[@Mr94529452]

Roman facemasks and terrible singers.... great

[@RalphHancock]

Sad. Talent swamped by politically correct idiocy. What a waste.

[@DavidJustinLynch]

Those singers look so ridiculous in those masks (which don't do any good and are a statement of political correctness gone wild to extemes)