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

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759): Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I:
• 1 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Ouverture 02:41
• 2 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Viva, il nostro Alcide! 01:28
• 3 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Presti omai l'Egizia terra 01:53
• 4 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Curio, Cesare venne 02:20
• 5 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Empio, dirò, tu sei 03:37
• 6 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Madre! Cornelia! Oh stelle 01:26
• 7 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Priva son d'ogni conforto 04:45
• 8 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Vani sono i lamenti 00:23
• 9 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Svegliatevi nel core 04:05
• 10 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Regni Cleopatra 01:50
• 11 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Non disperar, chi sà? 03:50
• 12 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Sire, Signor! 01:27
• 13 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: L'empio, sleale, indegno 03:38
• 14 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Alma del gran Pompeo 02:26
• 15 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Qui nobile, donzella 01:55
• 16 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Nel tuo seno, amico sasso 02:31
• 17 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Mà che! Vile e negletta 01:53
• 18 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Tu la mia stella sei 04:55
• 19 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Cesare, alle tua destra 00:59
• 20 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Va tacito e nascosto 06:11
• 21 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Sire, con Sesto il figlio 02:07
• 22 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Tu sei il cor di questo core 04:43
• 23 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Madre! Mia vita! 00:35
• 24 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Son natao a lagrimar 07:29
• Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II:
• 25 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Eseguisti, oh Niren 01:05
• 26 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Sinfonia 01:17
• 27 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Giulio, che miri? 00:10
• 28 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: V'adoro, pupille 04:09
• 29 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Vola, mio cor, al dolce incanto! 00:28
• 30 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Se in fiorito ameno prato 07:18
• 31 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Deh piangete, oh mesti lumi 02:03
• 32 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Bella, non lagrimare! 02:38
• 33 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Si spietata, il tuo rigore 03:16
• 34 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Sù, che si tarda? 01:55
• 35 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Cessa omai di sospirare! 02:59
• 36 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Figlio non è 00:23
• 37 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: L'angue offeso mai riposa 04:58
• 38 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Esser qui deve in breve 00:41
• 39 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Venere bella 01:41
• 40 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Che veggio, oh Numi! 02:36
• 41 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Al lampo dell'armi 02:57
• 42 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Che sento? Oh Dio! 01:07
• 43 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II: Se pietà di me non senti 09:10
• Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III:
• 44 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Sinfonia 00:38
• 45 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Vinta cadesti 00:46
• 46 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Domerò la tua fierezza 01:38
• 47 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: E pur cosi in un giorno 00:44
• 48 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Piangerò la sorte mia 05:54
• 49 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Dall'ondoso periglio - Aure, deh per pietà 08:39
• 50 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Cerco in van Tolomeo 02:30
• 51 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Quel torrente 04:07
• 52 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Voi, che mie fide ancelle 01:57
• 53 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Forzai l'ingresso 00:46
• 54 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Da tempeste il legno infranto 06:02
• 55 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Cornelia è tempo omai 01:26
• 56 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Non ha più che temere 03:04
• 57 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Sinfonia e Marcia 02:33
• 58 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Quì Curio vincitor 01:47
• 59 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Caro! Più amabile belta 02:00
• 60 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Goda pur or l'Egitto 00:22
• 61 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act III: Ritorni omai nel nostro core 04:02
• Total Runtime 02:48:53

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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