G.F Händel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Remastered) Bayerisches Staatsorchester & Ivor Bolton

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759): Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I:
• 1Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Ouverture02:41
• 2Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Viva, il nostro Alcide! 01:28
• 3Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Presti omai l'Egizia terra01:53
• 4Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Curio, Cesare venne02:20
• 5Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Empio, dirò, tu sei03:37
• 6Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Madre! Cornelia! Oh stelle01:26
• 7Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Priva son d'ogni conforto04:45
• 8Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Vani sono i lamenti00:23
• 9Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Svegliatevi nel core04:05
• 10Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Regni Cleopatra01:50
• 11Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Non disperar, chi sà?03:50
• 12Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Sire, Signor!01:27
• 13Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: L'empio, sleale, indegno03:38
• 14Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Alma del gran Pompeo02:26
• 15Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Qui nobile, donzella01:55
• 16Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Nel tuo seno, amico sasso02:31
• 17Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Mà che! Vile e negletta01:53
• 18Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Tu la mia stella sei04:55
• 19Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Cesare, alle tua destra00:59
• 20Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Va tacito e nascosto06:11
• 21Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Sire, con Sesto il figlio02:07
• 22Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Tu sei il cor di questo core04:43
• 23Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Madre! Mia vita!00:35
• 24Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Son natao a lagrimar07:29
• Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II:
• 25Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Eseguisti, oh Niren01:05
• 26Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Sinfonia 01:17
• 27Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Giulio, che miri?00:10
• 28Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: V'adoro, pupille04:09
• 29Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Vola, mio cor, al dolce incanto!00:28
• 30Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Se in fiorito ameno prato07:18
• 31Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Deh piangete, oh mesti lumi02:03
• 32Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Bella, non lagrimare!02:38
• 33Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Si spietata, il tuo rigore03:16
• 34Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Sù, che si tarda?01:55
• 35Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Cessa omai di sospirare!02:59
• 36Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Figlio non è00:23
• 37Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: L'angue offeso mai riposa04:58
• 38Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Esser qui deve in breve00:41
• 39Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Venere bella01:41
• 40Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Che veggio, oh Numi!02:36
• 41Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Al lampo dell'armi02:57
• 42Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Che sento? Oh Dio!01:07
• 43Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Se pietà di me non senti09:10
• Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III:
• 44Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Sinfonia 00:38
• 45Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Vinta cadesti00:46
• 46Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Domerò la tua fierezza01:38
• 47Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: E pur cosi in un giorno00:44
• 48Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Piangerò la sorte mia05:54
• 49Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Dall'ondoso periglio - Aure, deh per pietà08:39
• 50Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Cerco in van Tolomeo02:30
• 51Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Quel torrente04:07
• 52Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Voi, che mie fide ancelle01:57
• 53Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Forzai l'ingresso00:46
• 54Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Da tempeste il legno infranto06:02
• 55Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Cornelia è tempo omai01:26
• 56Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Non ha più che temere03:04
• 57Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Sinfonia e Marcia02:33
• 58Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Quì Curio vincitor01:47
• 59Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Caro! Più amabile belta02:00
• 60Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Goda pur or l'Egitto00:22
• 61Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Ritorni omai nel nostro core04:02
• Total Runtime02:48:53

Info for G.F Händel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Remastered)

Giulio Cesare, the cult-production from Munich, from the Sir Peter Jonas era

A love such as that between Cesar and Cleopatra was never so much on a knife’s edge. Literally. When Cleopatra was just about to reveal all at the end of the second act, the murderers were already on the move. Having been warned early, Cesar manages to escape, Cleopatra remains behind, in fear for the great Roman. In the end, her plans for power bear fruit, and she becomes queen of the desert state of Egypt.

Giulio Cesare, Handel’s most elaborate opera, written in 1724, marked in 1994 the beginning, of a renaissance of performances of Handel’s music in Munich. The Bavarian State Opera’s manager Sir Peter Jonas caused a sensation with the spectacular première. Well over 100 sold-out performances were given between 1994 and 2006.

Scenically, the comic-ironic direction by Richard Jones, with its multi coloured loud-and-trendy look, was quite a jolt for the Munich audience; and one which heralded the completely new aesthetics of the “Jonas era.” But on a musical level too, the Bavarian State Orchestra under Ivor Bolton’s direction, played in a style, with highly plastic and slender phrasing achieved through the use of non-vibrato, which was outrageously new.

This new style was to remain a benchmark for more than a decade - the Bavarian State Opera and State Orchestra would find themselves in the centre of the international baroque opera scene, stealing the laurels from the British opera houses, which had until then been leaders in this field. Ann Murray, Chris Robson, Axel Köhler and many other protagonists were to remain faithful members of this production over all these years, and formed the backbone of the casts of many baroque operas which followed during this era.

In 2002 FARAO classics recorded a row of five performances, using what then state-of-the-art technology, and 10 years later, these recordings have been processed to produce a vivid documentation of this highlight of opera.

FARAO classics would like to dedicate this recording of the beginning, and what was also the highlight of an entire era. This to its initiator, the former Intendant of the Bavarian State Opera, Sir Peter Jonas (†).

"... most of all, Gritton's performance of Cleopatra, with the coloratura in the second and third acts, therein lies the whole world of what opera, with its dramatically compact assertion of life, is capable of providing..." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

"… top-notch cast… Susan Gritton, with her charisma a highly sensual Cleopatra - true eroticism combined with irresistible charm. Even more worthy of note was her voice, which with a power beaming with youth, beguiling timbre, and breathtaking technique set a new benchmark for this role. …" (Orpheus)

"Richard Jones’s cult production heralded in the Munich baroque boom, and if nothing deceives us, remains the most intelligent, significant and striking Handel production at the Nationaltheater. … Terrific ovations at the end, as though the audience was trying to take leave of this successful production with the roar of thunder. But even eight years after the première, this was to be much too soon." (Münchner Merkur)

Ann Murray, mezzosoprano (Giulio Cesare)
Susan Gritton, soprano (Cleopatra)
Christopher Robson, counter-tenor (Tolomeo)
Patricia Bardon, mezzosoprano (Cornelia)
Katarina Karnéus, mezzosoprano (Sesto)
Marcello Lippi, baritone (Achilla)
Axel Köhler, counter-tenor (Nireno)
Jan Zinkler, baritone (Curio)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Ivor Bolton, direction

Digitally remastered

Ann Murray
was born in Dublin. She has close links with both the English National Opera, for whom she has sung the title roles in Handel Xerxes and Ariodante and Donizetti Maria Stuarda, and with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where her roles have included Cherubino, Dorabella, Donna Elvira, Rosina, Octavian, new productions of L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, Ariadne auf Naxos, Idomeneo, Mitridate, Re di Ponto, Cosi fan Tutte, Mosé in Egitto, Alcina and Giulio Cesare.

Her international operatic engagements have taken her to Hamburg, Dresden, Cologne, Berlin, Munich, Paris, Zurich, Brussels, Amsterdam, Milan, Vienna, Salzburg, the Chicago Lyric Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, New York.

In concert, she has appeared with the world’s great orchestras and her recital appearances have taken her to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Geneva, Dresden, Zurich, Frankfurt, Madrid, London, Dublin, the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh, Munich and Salzburg Festivals and both the Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna. Her discography reflects not only her broad concert and recital repertoire but also many of her great operatic roles.

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