Handel's 'Giulio Cesare'

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn historical events of Julius Caesar in Egypt
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:HWV_17
gptkbp:composer gptkb:George_Frideric_Handel
gptkbp:duration approximately 3.5 hours
gptkbp:firstPublished 1724
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:Giulio_Cesare_in_Egitto
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Handel's 'Giulio Cesare'
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Nicola_Francesco_Haym
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Julius_Caesar
gptkb:Cleopatra
gptkb:Cornelia
gptkb:Ptolemy_XIII
gptkb:Sesto
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Se_pietà_di_me_non_senti
gptkb:Da_tempeste_il_legno_infranto
gptkb:Piangerò_la_sorte_mia
gptkb:V'adoro,_pupille
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:William_Christie
gptkb:Sir_Charles_Mackerras
gptkb:Marc_Minkowski
gptkb:René_Jacobs
gptkbp:notableDirector gptkb:Peter_Sellars
gptkb:John_Copley
gptkb:David_McVicar
gptkbp:notableProduction Metropolitan Opera, 2013
English National Opera, 1979
Glyndebourne, 2005
gptkbp:notableRecording Beverly Sills, 1967
Dame Janet Baker, 1984
Janet Baker, 1969
Joan Sutherland, 1967
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:popularFor Baroque opera repertoire
gptkbp:premiereDate 1724-02-20
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:King's_Theatre,_London
gptkbp:revival gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera
1966
gptkbp:setInPeriod gptkb:Ancient_Egypt
gptkbp:structure recitatives, arias, duets, choruses
gptkbp:subjectOf film adaptations
stage adaptations
numerous scholarly articles
various recordings
many modern performances
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Opera_seria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7