Research Catalog

Title

Giulio Cesare in Egitto [videorecording] : opera in tre atti / produced by Mediascope, Munich in association with WDR, HR, BBC Television, ORF and the Decca Record Company Limited ; [libretto] di Nicola Haym ; musica di George Frideric Handel ; directed by Peter Sellars.

Author

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.

Publication

London : London, p1992, c1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Haym, Nicola Francesco.
• Gall, Jeffrey.
• Larson, Susan.
• Westbrook-Geha, Mary.
• Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine, 1954-2006.
• Maddalena, James.
• Minter, Drew.
• Cobb, Cheryl.
• Hildebrand, Herman.
• Sellars, Peter.
• Cleverdon, Suzanne.
• Dillner, Clemens.
• Smith, Craig (Conductor)
• Staatskapelle Dresden. prf
• Mediascope.
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
• Hessischer Rundfunk.
• British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
• Österreichischer Rundfunk.
• Decca Record Company.
• PolyGram Video (Firm)
• DEFA.

Description

2 videocassettes (238 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Uniform Title

Giulio Cesare

Alternative Title

Giulio Cesare

Subjects

• Caesar, Julius > Drama
• Operas

Note

• Opera in three acts.
• Based on a production of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles. Produced in the studios of Defa-Film, Babelsberg.
• Synopsis by Peter Sellars ([8] p.) inserted in container.

Performer (note)

• Susan Larson (Cleopatra) ; Lorraine Hunt (Sesto) ; Cheryl Cobb (Nirena) ; Mary Westbrook-Geha (Cornelia) ; Jeffrey Gall (Giulio Cesare) ; Drew Minter (Tolomeo) ; James Maddalena (Achilla) ; Herman Hildebrand (Curio) ; Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden ; Suzanne Cleverdon, harpsichord continuo ; Clemens Dillner, cello continuo ; Craig Smith, conductor.

System Details (note)

• VHS, hi-fi, stereo.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Call Number

*LVH 793 (F)

OCLC

37243103

Author

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.

Title

Giulio Cesare in Egitto [videorecording] : opera in tre atti / produced by Mediascope, Munich in association with WDR, HR, BBC Television, ORF and the Decca Record Company Limited ; [libretto] di Nicola Haym ; musica di George Frideric Handel ; directed by Peter Sellars.

Imprint

London : London, p1992, c1990.

Cast

Susan Larson (Cleopatra) ; Lorraine Hunt (Sesto) ; Cheryl Cobb (Nirena) ; Mary Westbrook-Geha (Cornelia) ; Jeffrey Gall (Giulio Cesare) ; Drew Minter (Tolomeo) ; James Maddalena (Achilla) ; Herman Hildebrand (Curio) ; Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden ; Suzanne Cleverdon, harpsichord continuo ; Clemens Dillner, cello continuo ; Craig Smith, conductor.

System Details

VHS, hi-fi, stereo.

Language

Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Added Author

Haym, Nicola Francesco. Librettist

Gall, Jeffrey. voc

Larson, Susan. voc

Westbrook-Geha, Mary. voc

Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine, 1954-2006. voc

Maddalena, James. voc

Minter, Drew. voc

Cobb, Cheryl. voc

Hildebrand, Herman. voc

Sellars, Peter. Director

Cleverdon, Suzanne. Instrumentalist

Dillner, Clemens. Instrumentalist

Smith, Craig (Conductor)

Staatskapelle Dresden. Performer

Mediascope.

Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

Hessischer Rundfunk.

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

Österreichischer Rundfunk.

Decca Record Company.

PolyGram Video (Firm)

DEFA.

Publisher No.

440 071 508-3 London

Research Call Number

*LVH 793 (F) Synopsis and containers on file.