Giulio Cesare in Egitto
COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (2011)
photos courtesy of Mark Lyons
GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO by G.F. Händel
Conductor: Mark Gibson
Cast: L. Orozco, A. Santos, J. Holiday, P. Penzvalto, E. Char, E. O’Hanlon, Z. Owen, E. Jurenas, M. Cammarota
Production: R. Howell (scenery), B. McManus (clothes), T. Schmall (lighting), S. Bak (hair/make-up)
Production Description: A contemporary setting using suggestive period accessories, this production explored the clash of two cultures with an apocalyptic implication, a huge sphere (blood spattered and partially destroyed) hanging overhead. Global politics and personal agendas yield to humanistic enlightenment in the end.