Photo Album – first look at La Scala’s new production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare
Handel’s Giulio Cesare
With this new production La Scala inaugurates a Baroque project, which will continue in the coming years with two other titles by Handel: Agrippina and Ariodante.
Giulio Cesare in Egitto has only been staged once at La Scala, in 1957, with Gianandrea Gavazzeni conducting.
The production marks the return of Robert Carsen with a cast featuring Philippe Jaroussky, Danielle de Niese and Bejun Mehta.
Giovanni Antonini will conduct the Baroque ensemble of the theatre’s Orchestra following its applauded performances of Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and Tamerlano by Handel and La finta giardiniera by Mozart in recent seasons.
| Conductor | Giovanni Antonini |
| Staging | Robert Carsen |
| Sets and costumes | Gideon Davey |
| Lights | Robert Carsen e Peter van Praet |
| Video | Will Duke |
| Choreography | Rebecca Howell |
| Playwright | Ian Burton |
CAST |
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|---|---|
| Giulio Cesare | Bejun Mehta |
| Cleopatra | Danielle de Niese |
| Cornelia | Sara Mingardo |
| Sesto Pompeo | Philippe Jaroussky |
| Tolomeo | Christophe Dumaux |
| Achilla | Christian Senn |
| Curio | Renato Dolcini |
| Nireno | Luigi Schifano |
Running Time: 3 hours 50 minutes interval included
18 October to 2 November 2019
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.
