Opera
Georg Friedrich Händel
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
19 Feb, 26 - 21 Feb, 26
One of Handel's finest operatic efforts, and one of the most performed musical dramas from the Baroque period, returns to the Teatro Real in a concert version performed by Il Pomo d'Oro under the baton of Francesco Corti and with the great voices of Jakub Józef Orliński and Sabine Devieilhe.
Opera in three acts
Music: Georg Friedrich Händel
Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym, after Francesco Bussani’s play Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1677)
Concert version
Artistic team
Dirección musical: Francesco Corti
Cast
Giulio Cesare
Jakub Józef Orliński
Curio
Marco Saccardin
Cornelio
Beth Taylor
Sesto
Sophie Rennert
Cleopatra
Sabine Devieilhe
Tolomeo
Yuri Minenko
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real
Synopsis and more information
Cleopatra dreams of becoming the country's sole sovereign and no longer sharing the throne with her brother Ptolemy. To claim the crown, Cleopatra allies with her enemy and seduces the conqueror of Egypt, Julius Caesar. Their love grows unexpectedly, defying war and political intrigue.
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19 February 2026
19:00
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21 February 2026
19:00
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