Giulio Cesare

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Baroque opera opera

Giulio Cesare is a celebrated Baroque opera by George Frideric Handel, renowned for its virtuosic arias and dramatic portrayal of Julius Caesar’s encounter with Cleopatra.

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Label Occurrences
Giulio Cesare canonical 3
Julius Caesar 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Giovanni Francesco Bussani ⓘ
cleopatraVoiceType soprano ⓘ
composedInCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
composer George Frideric Handel ⓘ
featuresCharacter Achilla ⓘ
Cleopatra VII ⓘ
surface form: Cleopatra

Cornelia ⓘ
Curio ⓘ
Giulio Cesare self-link ⓘ
Nireno ⓘ
Sesto ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
surface form: Tolomeo
frequentlyPerformed true ⓘ
genre opera seria ⓘ
hasCatalogueNumber HWV 17 ⓘ
historicalSource Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ
surface form: Plutarch's Lives

Roman history ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Nicola Francesco Haym ⓘ
modernCesareVoiceType contralto ⓘ
countertenor ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ
notableAria Al lampo dell'armi ⓘ
Da tempeste il legno infranto ⓘ
Piangerò la sorte mia ⓘ
Se pietà di me non senti ⓘ
V'adoro, pupille ⓘ
Va tacito e nascosto ⓘ
notableFor dramatic characterization ⓘ
rich orchestration ⓘ
virtuosic arias ⓘ
numberOfActs 3 ⓘ
operaStructure recitatives and arias ⓘ
originalCesareVoiceType castrato ⓘ
partOfRepertoire standard Baroque opera repertoire ⓘ
premiereCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
premiereCountry Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
premiereDate 1724-02-20 ⓘ
premierePlace King’s Theatre, London ⓘ
surface form: King's Theatre, London
revivalCentury 20th century ⓘ
settingLocation Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Egypt
settingPeriod 48 BC ⓘ
stylePeriod Baroque ⓘ
subject Cleopatra VII ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
titleInItalian Giulio Cesare in Egitto ⓘ
translatedTitle Giulio Cesare in Egitto ⓘ
surface form: Julius Caesar in Egypt

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Frideric Handel → notableWork → Giulio Cesare ⓘ
Booth's Theatre → notableProduction → Giulio Cesare ⓘ
this entity surface form: Julius Caesar
Giulio Cesare → featuresCharacter → Giulio Cesare self-link ⓘ
St. Lawrence of Brindisi → givenName → Giulio Cesare ⓘ