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...the story begins just as Giulio Cesare has triumphed over his rival, Pompey, in Egypt. Pompey’s widow and son, Cornelia and Sesto, are taken under Cesare’s protection, while Cesare offers to forgive Pompey if he surrenders. However, Egypt’s King Tolomeo (Ptolemy, Cleopatra’s ambitious brother), Pompey’s ally, wants to rule Egypt alone, without his sister Cleopatra. He sends to Cesare through his general, Achilla, a gift of the bloody head of Pompey ... ...Character --- Performer (voice)
Giulio Cesare --- Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Cleopatra --- Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Cornelia --- Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano)
Sesto --- Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Tolomeo --- Christophe Dumaux (counter-tenor)
Achilla --- Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Nireno --- Rachid Ben Abdeslam (counter-tenor)
Curio --- Alexander Ashworth (baritone)
On-stage violinist --- Nadja Zwiener
Orchestra ...
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Advantages: A day of History on DVD. Loads of really good artists live. Disadvantages: No commentary and some of the extra's are a bit weak.
...names in music today performing live for your viewing pleasure. Its a bit like a compilation CD, but only you can see the artists performing live and the atmosphere from the crowds watching is electric and pulses through you as you watch. Its hard to explain in words how this show makes you feel. If you were there then you can reminisce of memories of the show you reember and the feeling you had when you were there. If (like me) you weren't there ... ...you can watch it all live now and still say that you were part of something big and helping the world.
Back to the DVD. Its crammed full of performances on each disk. All in great quality (audio and visual) and are produced and captured very well. You turn off the lights, pull the curtains across, whack on the surround sound and you will feel like you are there in the crowd. The atmosphere is captured very well.
The extras on the dvd are imho a ...
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