Giulio Cesare
23 June – 23 August 2024
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Handel’s masterpiece, full of seduction, dazzling spectacle and vocal fireworks, is given the all-singing, all-dancing treatment in this Glyndebourne classic.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Creative team
Conductor
Laurence Cummings
Director
David McVicar
Set Designer
Robert Jones
Costume Designer
Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting Designer
Paule Constable
Choreographer
Andrew George
Fight Director
Mark Ruddick
Assistant Conductor
Fernando Aguado
Assistant Director
Ian Rutherford
Assistant to the Choreographer
Gareth Mole
Repetiteurs
William Cole & Henry Websdale
Language Coaches
Caterina Galiotto & Alessandra Testai
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Leader Huw Daniel
On-stage violinist Kati Debretzeni
Harpsichord continuo William Cole
Cello continuo Jonathan Manson
Bass continuo Christine Sticher
Theorbo continuo William Carter
Harp continuo Joy Smith
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus Director Aidan Oliver
Assistant Chorus Director
Avishka Edirisinghe
Cast includes
Giulio Cesare
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Cleopatra
Louise Alder
Johanna Wallroth (12, 19 July)
Sesto
Svetlina Stoyanova
Tolomeo
Cameron Shahbazi
Achilla
Luca Tittoto
Sam Carl (8, 11, 13, 16, 23 August)
Cornelia
Beth Taylor
Nireno
Ray Chenez
Curio
Thomas Chenhall*
Dancers
Jake Barton, Gareth Mole, Emily Piercy, Samuel Morgan-Freeman, Alistair Postlethwaite, Sirena Tocco
*Soloist from the Glyndebourne Chorus
The edition by Winton Dean and Sarah Fuller is performed by arrangement with Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Photos: Richard Hubert Smith
Advisory information
Giulio Cesare is a story of political intrigue and romance based on real historical figures: Julius Caesar, Cleopatra and Cleopatra’s brother Ptolemy. Characters plot revenge against one another for political gain, and make threats of violence, sexual violence and death. A fake severed head is shown on stage and there are also sexual references and scenarios.
Performance timings
Timings are subject to change.
*Restaurants open
25, 28 JUNE
2, 5, 12, 19, 24, 31 JULY
3 AUGUST
Gardens open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 5.25pm
Opera resumes: 5.45pm
Interval (90 mins)*: 6.50pm
Opera resumes: 8.20pm
Opera ends: 9.30pm
23 JUNE
8, 11, 13, 16, 23 AUGUST
Gardens open: 1.00pm
Opera starts: 3.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 4.25pm
Opera resumes: 4.45pm
Interval (90 mins)*: 5.50pm
Opera resumes: 7.20pm
Opera ends: 8.30pm
For recommended trains and coach timings visit our how to get here page.
To find out more about production support for Festival 2024 click here
or contact our Director of Development, Helen McCarthy for an informal chat:
call 01273 815 032 or email helen.mccarthy@glyndebourne.com
Main image: Photography by Suteishi/Getty Images. Art direction & design by Ollie Winser