Giulio Cesare
Giulio Cesare [videorecording] /
Other title on container: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
music by Georg Frideric Handel ; libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym ; Glyndebourne Festival Opera ; stage director, David McVicar ; producer, Ferenc van Dammer.
- Widescreen.
- Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : BBC/Opus Arte, 2006.
- 3 videodiscs (295 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
00809478009504
OA 0960 D BBC/Opus Arte
Caesar, Julius--Drama.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 --Film and video adaptations.
Operas.
Film adaptations.
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.
00809478009504
OA 0960 D BBC/Opus Arte
Caesar, Julius--Drama.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 --Film and video adaptations.
Operas.
Film adaptations.