| Other author/creator | Haym, Nicola Francesco librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Gall, Jeffrey performer. |
| Other author/creator | Larson, Susan, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Westbrook-Geha, Mary, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine, 1954-2006, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Maddalena, James performer. |
| Other author/creator | Minter, Drew performer. |
| Other author/creator | Cobb, Cheryl, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hildebrand, Herman, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Craig (Conductor) conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Sellars, Peter director. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Giulio Cesare. |
| Other author/creator | Staatskapelle Dresden performer. |
| Other author/creator | Decca Record Company. |
| Abstract |
Though sung in the original Italian, Giulio Cesare is relocated in the unspecified future in the Middle East. Cesare is the unquestioned leader of a major world power who visits the Empire's number one global trouble spot. Ptolemy is a 14-year-old "self styled local potentate" and Cleopatra his beautiful and spoiled elder sister. |
| General note | Sung in Italian with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Chinese. |
| General note | Program notes and synopsis in English in container. |
| Credits | Directed by Peter Sellars. |
| Performer |
Jeffrey Gall (Giulio Cesare) ; Susan Larson (Cleopatra) ; Mary Westbrook-Geha (Cornelia) ; Lorraine Hunt (Sesto) ; James Maddalena (Achilla) ; Drew Minter (Tolomeo), Cheryl Cobb (Nirena) ; Herman Hildebrand (Curio) ; Sächsische Staatskapelle, Dresden ; conductor, Craig Smith. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Originally produced in 1990. |
| Technical details | DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio 4:3. |
| Genre/form | Televised operas. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction television programs. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| UPC |
044007140895 |
| Publisher number | B0007253-09 Decca |
