What is Giulio Cesare?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox opera | name = Giulio Cesare | translated_name = Julius Caesar | native_name = Giulio Casare in Egitto | native_name_lang = Italian | image = Haendel.jpg | image_size = 220px | alt = | caption = Handel in 1733 | genre = [[Opera seria]] in 3 acts | other_name = Julius Caesar in Egypt | composer = [[George Frideric Handel]] | librettist = Nicola Francesco Haym | language = Italian | based_on = | premiere_date = | premiere_location = [[Royal Academy of Music]]<br />[[London, England]]<br />20 February 1724 | other = | website = }} '''''Giulio Cesare in Egitto''''' ({{lang-en|Julius Caesar in Egypt}}) is an [[opera]] in three acts with music by [[George Frideric Handel]]. The Italian [[libretto]] was written by [[Nicola Francesco Haym]]. It was based on an earlier libretto written by [[Giacomo Francesco Bussani]]. The opera was written for the [[Royal Academy of Music]]. The opera was first [[performance|performed]] in [[London]] on 20 February 1724. It was a [[success]]. It was performed again in 1725, 1730, and 1732. It was also performed in [[France]] and [[Germany]]. ''Giulio Cesare'' was not performed in the 19th century. Many people had forgotten all about it. It was not until 1922 that the opera was performed again. Since then, it has been performed around the world. It is Handel's best opera. It is known simply as '''''Giulio Cesare'''''. == Roles == * Giulio Cesare ([[Julius Caesar]]) - [[alto]] [[castrato]] * [[Cleopatra]], Queen of [[Egypt]] - [[soprano]] * Tolomeo, her [[brother]] and [[husband]], [[King]] of Egypt - alto castrato * Cornelia, [[widow]] of [[Pompey]] - [[contralto]] * Sesto, her [[stepson]] - soprano * Achilla, Tolomeo's [[General officer|General]] - [[bass (vocal range)|bass]] * Curio, a [[praetor]], Caesar's General - bass * Nireno, Cleopatra's and Tolomeo's [[servant]] - alto castrato == Other web