Giulio Cesare
in Full Score (Partitura)
George Frideric Handel
first performed at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket, London on 20 February 1724

Great Baroque masterpiece reproduced directly from authoritative Deutsche Handelgesellschaft edition. Gorgeous melodies, inspired orchestration. Complete and unabridged.

Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt), to give the opera its rarely used fulL
name, was composed by Handel in 1723-1724 and first performed at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket, London on 20 February 1724. It remains today one of the most popular of Handel’s Italian-language operas, enjoyed for its many gorgeous melodies, inspired orchestration and exciting plot—the time-honored story of Caesar and Cleopatra in Egypt.

One of the composer’s mature works, Giulio Cesare offers an impressive stage spectacle punctuated with scenes of great dramatic power. However, it is also a work in which Handel began to expand the operatic conventions of the day. Thus we find greater clarity and depth of characTerization, more effective use of
orchestral color and the utilization of recitatives both to carry the action forward
and to provide a more forceful vehicle of expression.

Musicians, music scholars and music lovers will welcome this handsome reprint of the fulL score of Giulio Cesare, reproduced complete and unabridged from the definitive Deutsche Handelgesellschaft edition. Moreover, the affordability of this Dover volume brings a Baroque masterpiece within reach of all music lovers.

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