Introduction to the works

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

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from Professor Volker Römermann

This opera is a visionary hybrid of political thriller and romantic comedy. It is the first of these two that the prominent jurist plunges into – and in doing so, approaches George Frideric Handel's most popular piece of music theater in a way that is as unconventional as it is electrifying.

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