Giulio Cesare [videorecording] / music by Georg Frideric Handel ; libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym ; Glyndebourne Festival Opera ; stage director, David McVicar ; producer, Ferenc van Dammer.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: OA 0960 D | BBC/Opus ArteLanguage: Italian Summary language: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish Publication details: Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : BBC/Opus Arte, 2006.Edition: WidescreenDescription: 3 videodiscs (295 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Other title on container: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Contained works: Subject(s): Genre/Form: Danielle De Niese, soprano ; Sarah Connolly, Angelika Kirchschlager, Patricia Bardon, mezzo-sopranos ; Christophe Dumaux, Rachid Ben Abdeslam, countertenors ; Christopher Maltman, baritone ; the Glyndebourne Chorus ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; William Christie, conductor.Summary: This imaginative production has been updated to the years before World War I and portrays Caesar as a 19th century British imperialist come to colonize Egypt.
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Opera in three acts.

Features: "Danielle de Niese and the Glyndebourne experience" (informal portrait of Danielle de Niese in her first Glyndebourne season), "Entertainment is not a dirty word" (documentary by Ferenc van Damme), production and rehearsal photo galleries, cast gallery, illustrated synopsis.

Danielle De Niese, soprano ; Sarah Connolly, Angelika Kirchschlager, Patricia Bardon, mezzo-sopranos ; Christophe Dumaux, Rachid Ben Abdeslam, countertenors ; Christopher Maltman, baritone ; the Glyndebourne Chorus ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; William Christie, conductor.

Filmed at Glyndebourne, in East Sussex, England, 2005.

This imaginative production has been updated to the years before World War I and portrays Caesar as a 19th century British imperialist come to colonize Egypt.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVDs, 5.1 DTS surround.

For private home use only.

Sung in Italian with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish.

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