BURLESQUE GIULIO CESARE AT FOLKOPERAN
Handel’s opera Giulio Cesare depicts the meeting between Cleopatra and Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar). Casting is now complete and the singers and dancers meet in a novel and boundary bending production.
Giulio Cesare is sung by Maria Sanner and Cleopatra by Tove Dahlberg in this burlesque and playful interpretation of Handel’s opera Giulio Cesare. The other soloists are Carolina Blixt, Josefine Andersson, Daniel Carlsson and Håkan Ekenäs.
Handel’s Giulio Cesare portrays the historic meeting between Cleopatra and Giulio Cesare in Egypt in 48 BC. Using her charm and female wiles, Cleopatra seduces Giulio Cesare and wins his support and the political power he brings. Set in a surreal environment bordering between life and death, masculinity and femininity, youth and maturity, the Folkoperan production weaves in elements of dance and film with echoes of 1920s cabaret.
Barcelona born international director and choreographer Cisco Aznar is responsible for the direction, choreography, set and costumes. Aznar is the artistic director of the Compagnie Buissonnière dance company in Lausanne, Switzerland. His productions have been staged in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Production
Music: Georg Friedrich Handel
Libretto: Nicola Haym
Swedish text: Mira Bartov
Musical direction: Joakim Unander
Direction, choreography, sets & costumes: Cisco Aznar
Lighting: Karl Svensson
Masks & wigs: Therésia Frisk
Cast
Giulio Cesare: Maria Sanner
Cleopatra: Tove Dahlberg
Cornelia: Karolina Blixt
Sextus: Josefine Anderssson
Tolomeo: Daniel Carlsson
Achilla: Håkan Ekenäs
Dancers: Daniel Sjögren-Larsson, Gustav Udd, Hannah Shakti Bühler, Jacob Walleberg, Laure Dupont and Noah Hellwig.
The Folkoperan Orchestra
Première 8 February 2012. Final performance 31 March.
Running time: 2 hours and 40 min including interval.
For further information, please contact:
Elenor Wolgers, +46 8 616 07 17, +46 733 44 64 34, elenor.wolgers@folkoperan.se or
Frida Edoff, +46 8 616 07 18, +46 709 50 53 52, frida.edoff@folkoperan.se.
Press images are available to download at http://folkoperan.se/press/pressbilder/julius-caesar
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