Handel: Giulio Cesare (Opus Arte)

David McVicar's production of Giulio Cesare manages to combine serious insight with entertainment, bringing Handel's masterpiece to life in a powerful, convincing and highly intelligent way.

Available from Opus Arte on DVD & Blu-ray
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• Opera

[soprano543]

somebody know who is this singer

[opusarte]

She is an Australian-born American soprano called Danielle de Niese.

[shazzer1976]

Keep fit with Handel? Isit part of a Handel workout vidoe for 2008? I did like the singing though and it is hard to get a grasp of the whole - FIVE HOUR - piece from this 61 second clip. I would love to be able to see a Handel opera some day. For now I will have to content myself with these little snippets which people post. (Very grateful I am too!)

[DrGarri]

So does this means that we should paint the face of Christina Aguilera on top of the Mona Lisa's to make more accessible as well? Actually a weird regie does exactly the opposite. If you can't match words with action, how are you going to understand what really goes on onstage? I don't think I need anybody to trivialize a plot for me to understand it in context.

[lizlk]

@shazzer1976

LOL

[CCtuba1]

@xcorpusNYX Opera since its invention (most scholars agree on 1607 as the first opera, Montiverdi's Orfeo, however some argue that Peri was the first to write an opera 7 years earlier) has been performed without amplification. In the past 400 years not many directors have deviated from this practice.

That being said, a voice with Vibrato carries significantly further than a voice with a static like quality. This Sopranos voice is lovely. Listen to some more opera-vibrato all over the place.

[CCtuba1]

@shazzer1976 This opera is NOT NEARLY 5 hours long. Wagner wasn't even that crazy to make a 5 hour long opera.

[Khenra]

I really enjoy the character of Sesto the most in this opera. I'm going to see if I can find the full version of this particular production.

[NotHomelessAnymore]

I just caught a recording of this production on TV the other day. I really enjoyed it... it wasn't perfect (the production that is, not the opera itself), but Danielle De Niese was definitely the highlight as Cleopatra. She really conveys a woman who is determined to get what she wants. =D

I never knew this was recorded on the day of the London bombings.

[ansketil]

I love it i "keep fit with handel" - lol! The latest fad of the rich and famous. finally, a workout DVD with good music. ^_^

[gehaktmolen]

TERRIBLE

[tonebarry]

Poor old Handel. Barrage balloons yet!

[loositude]

Mes excuses aux puristes, mais je veux simplement dire que je la trouve incroyablement sexy lorsquelle danse.

[xcorpusNYX]

too much vibrato.. bit annoying really