G. F. Handel - Giulio Cesare / Jennifer Larmore, Barbara Schlick, Bernarda Fink, Marianne Rorholm, Derek Lee Ragin / Concerto Koln: Rene Jacobs / Harmonia Mundi 4x Audio CD 2018 / HMM 931385.87

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, commonly known as Giulio Cesare, is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1724. The libretto was written by Nicola Francesco Haym who used an earlier libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani, which had been set to music by Antonio Sartorio (1676). The opera was a success at its first performances, was frequently revived by Handel in his subsequent opera seasons and is now one of the most often performed Baroque operas.

The opera's plot is loosely based on historic events during the Roman Civil War of 49–45 BC.

GIULIO CESARE - JENNIFER LARMORE

CLEOPATRA - BARBARA SCHLICK

CORNELIA - BERNARDA FINK

SESTO POMPEO - MARIANNE RORHOLM

TOLOMEO - DEREK LEE RAGIN

ACHILLA - FURIO ZANASI

NIRENO - DOMINIQUE VISSE

CURIO - OLIVIER LALLOUETTE