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Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Italian: [ˈdʒuːljo ˈtʃeːzare in eˈdʒitto,-ˈtʃɛː-]; lit. ' Julius Caesar in Egypt '; HWV 17), commonly known as Giulio Cesare, is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1724.
"Va tacito e nascosto" (Italian; translation, "Silently and stealthily") is an aria written for alto castrato voice in act 1 of George Frideric Handel's opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, composed in 1724 to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym. Sung by the character Julius Caesar, it features extensive solos for natural horn.
Giulio Cesare: Haym Italian libretto: 20 February 1724: London, King's Theatre: 1922, Handel Festival Göttingen 18: Tamerlano: Haym, after Agostin Piovene and Nicholas Pradon Italian libretto: 31 October 1724: London, King's Theatre: 7 September 1924, Karlsruhe 19: Rodelinda: Haym, after Antonio Salvi, after Pierre Corneille's play Pertharite ...
The year 1724 in music involved some significant musical events. ... Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), HWV 17; ... opera librettist ...
1724 Giulio Cesare (Handel). Noted for the richness of its orchestration. [14] 1724 Tamerlano (Handel). [15] Described by Anthony Hicks, writing in Grove Music Online, as possessing a "taut dramatic power". [16] 1725 Rodelinda (Handel). Rodelinda is often praised [by whom?] for the fullness of the melodic writing among Handel's output. [17]
Giulio Cesare: 20 February 1724 King’s Theatre, London Haym 18 Tamerlano: 31 October 1724 King’s Theatre, London Haym, after Agostin Piovene and Nicholas Pradon 19 Rodelinda: 13 February 1725 King’s Theatre, London Haym, after Antonio Salvi, after Pierre Corneille: 20 Scipione: 12 March 1726 King’s Theatre, London Rolli 21 Alessandro: 5 ...
Giulio Cesare in Egitto: 1724 opera by George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel: Nicola Francesco Haym: 1724-02-20 His Majesty's Theatre: Q875563: Tamerlano:
Viewed as one of Handel's major works, he composed it in the space of 20 days in July 1724, in a year in which two more great operas were composed by him: Rodelinda and Giulio Cesare. Rodelinda and Tamerlano were shorter than Giulio Cesare, about thirty numbers each compared to forty-four in Giulio Cesare. [4]