'Julius Caesar' 8 / Händel 'Va tacito e nascosto' * JANET BAKER * ENO * [in English]

Eighth of *selected* excerpts from the English National Opera's production of Georg Friedrich Händel's 'Julius Caesar' ('Giulio Cesare in Egitto') [1984]. This version uses an excellent English translation by Brian Trowell of the libretto from the Italian original by Nicola Haym. Productions such as this one make a strong case for viable - nay, enjoyable and intelligible - English-language versions of non-English language operas.

Dame Janet Baker leads an excellent cast in performing this Baroque masterpiece, and holds forth marvellously, dispensing with aplomb ornamentations galore - besides creating a more three-dimensional Cesare.

In this excerpt, Cesare (Janet Baker) is aware of Ptolemy's (James Bowman) deceitfulness: 'How silently, how slyly' ('Va tacito e nascosto')..

Julius Caesar . . . Janet Baker
Ptolemy . . . James Bowman
Achilla . . . John Tomlinson

Chorus & Orchestra of the English National Opera
Victor Morris, Chorus Master
Charles Mackerras, Conductor
John Copley, Producer (Director)

Recorded at Limehouse Studios in 1984
in London's Docklands

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[iweinv]

Brilliant!



[all1rog]

You will not find anyone else who can sing this difficult aria as well as Dame Janet; and it works well at this tempo, even though it is sung rather faster than is usual. I suspect that most other singers could not manage it. She makes it look so easy! So does the horn player: bravo!

[LAHORMIGAAZTECA777]

con esta me la he visto como 50 veces!!! me fascina!!! muy buena caracterizacion

[zinderxp]

This was a BBC recording. They tried to put the show in 180 minutes. Parts of the opera were cut to fit in the time frame.

[alanth252]

When they shot "Va tacito" the director must have had a train to catch, or the pubs had just opened. It`s far too fast.

[Deltaskater]

Mother Effing Music 1000 Class.

[wade1977]

An English version, that's different. Nice seeing James in an opera, haven't seen him in one before.

[HwoaranGGG]

incredible performance by horn solist!

[rakewell2]

crazy cadenza! go baker!!!