Danielle de Niese - Giulio Cesare 2005 [20]

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym

Premiered February 20, 1724
London, King's Theatre, Haymarket

This production staged at Glyndebourne Opera
July 2005

Giulio Cesare: Sarah Connolly
Cleopatra: Danielle de Niese
Sesto: Angelika Kirschschlager
Tolomeo: Christophe Dumaux
Nireno: Rachid Ben Abdeslam
Cornelia: Patricia Bardon
Achilla: Christopher Maltman
Curio: Alexander Ashworth

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Conducted by William Christie
Stage direction by David McVicar

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[irinka94]

i love this opera, but this rendition of it is so totally wrong and ridiculous, it spoils the music for me

[shelterit]

Hmm. I think there's something wrong with me; I really like this. Are people forgetting that this is a baroque opera? Her voice fits very well (both to the role and the setting), it's well done (I find her lyrical tone *really* pleasant for this kind of music), even if all the dancing doesn't help her phrases in the most perfect way. Should that really matter? I think a lot of people here have forgotten that opera isn't *just* about singing. I thoroughly enjoyed this; a future great.

[mnikcevi]

This offends me so greatly... the production..the poor singing... what in the name of all that is holy is happening here??? Yes, please dance your pretty little self off stage, because my goodness. Why are people clapping? I don't get it. I'm spoiled with the greats of old - Ponselle, Callas, Sutherland, Scotto even as she could work it...but this? This is just a joke. And they WONDER why opera is suffering. Who are these buffoons who are in charge? They need to be FIRED!!!

[u4ikaa]

Is this a parody?? This can't be a real production... That is some of the WORST acting, dancing?, singing? and stage foolery I have seen in a LONG time...

[Gemofmusic]

She did her best like anyone would. Stop being so critical of these singers. How would you like to be singing for so darn long by heart?

[aidabach]

She is young and pretty and thin. She is providing great visual effect as an singing actress

[3maumaumau]

mi piacerebbe scoprire in che lingua canta....eurobrouillard?volgar­issima e stupida la regia.

[operassassin]

She lacks the basic qualities to do this music justice: accuracy, rubato and metric finesse, a sustained and beautiful vocal line.

She sounds like a desperate bird or a broken violin, inhaling audibly between phrases, simplifying florid passages, straying off pitch constantly.

This does not bode well for the future of Handel or early music.

[bl4ckorwhit3]

I just love it!!!

[MrHbc3]

@beckyberridge She probably is dancing in that manner because it portrays her character. Cleopatra was a young, flirtatious woman who was quite pleased with her seductive abilities. I'll bet you didn't like Natalie Dessay's portrayal with Emmanuelle Haim in Paris about eight months ago either.