Working on Händel’s Giulio Cesare with Emmanuelle Haïm | Dutch National Opera

For Giulio Cesare, conductor Emmanuelle Haïm - a specialist in this repertoire - will be taking on the dual role of conductor and harpsichordist. Together with the singers, she also studies the subtlest and most virtuoso arias full of vocal fireworks Händel ever wrote. Opera in three acts Sung in Italian Libretto Nicola Haym Musical direction Emmanuelle Haïm Stage direction Calixto Bieito Set design Rebecca Ringst Costume design Ingo Krügler Lighting design Michael Bauer Video Sarah Derendinger Dramaturgy Bettina Auer Giulio Cesare Christophe Dumaux Curio Georgiy Derbas-Richter* Cornelia Teresa Iervolino Sesto Cecilia Molinari Cleopatra Julie Fuchs Tolomeo Cameron Shahbazi Achilla Frederik Bergman Nireno Jake Ingbar* * Dutch National Opera Studio Le Concert d’Astrée Co-production with the Gran Te