G. F. Handel: Giulio Cesare
22/1-19/2 2022 Nederlandse Reisopera
"You don't often come across a conductor who also stage-directs. The Greek George Petrou combines both functions for Handel's opera Giulio Caesare in Egitto at the Nederlandse Reisopera. With a beautiful cast, he turned it into a more than evening-filling, virtuoso listening and viewing game. Almost four hours of delicious, heavenly, Handel."
Operamagazine.nl
"Petrou is a genius devil artist. He is one of the few conductors who is also active in the directing profession.
... You rarely get to see Handel this inventive and idiosyncratic."
Theaterkrant.nl (Keuze van de criticus)
A co-production between the Nederlandse Reisopera and the International Handel Festspiele-Gottingen
George Petrou-Stage director/conductor
Paris Mexis-Set and costume designer
Stella Kaltsou-Light designer
Cesare: Xavier Sabata (Reisopera)/Yuri Mynienko (Göttingen)
Cleopatra: Sophie Junker
Cornelia: Francesca Ascioti
Sesto: Katie Coventry
Tolomeo: Nicholas Tamagna
Achilla: Riccardo Novaro
Nireno: Rafal Tomkiewicz
Curio: Arthur Janda
