Cecilia Bartoli is Cleopatra in Händels Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Package deal

A concert by Cecilia Bartoli is a package deal. You get a big personality, a remarkable voice, an extroverted show and technically difficult pieces, dug up from the corners of the repertoire. She is a phenomenon, she captivates the audience, the audience adores her. Together with the orchestra and soloists from the Op��ra de Monte-Carlo, she will strengthen her bond with the Concertgebouw in Handel's opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto .

Musical masterpiece

Three hundred years ago, Handel wrote just one opera for the Royal Academy season – but what an opera! Giulio Cesare in Egitto was a masterpiece, which established Handel's reputation as the most important opera composer of his time. The musical elaboration of the characters reached a new intensity in this work. The production – characterized by serious arguments between the composer and the famous but difficult singers – had thirteen performances, and was repeated three times in the following years. The opera was Handel's most popular in England and on the continent.