Giulio Cesare in Egitto /

A tale of love and power set in the Middle East in the unspecified near future and based on Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, centering around Cleopatra's manipulation of Caesar and Ptolemy.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Staatskapelle Dresden, Decca Record Company, PolyGram Records
Other Authors:	Gall, Jeffrey, Larson, Susan, Westbrook-Geha, Mary (Performer), Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine, 1954-2006 (Performer), Maddalena, James, Minter, Drew, Cobb, Cheryl, Hildebrand, Herman, Haym, Nicola Francesco, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian
Published:	London : New York, N.Y. : Decca Record Company ; Manufactured and marketed by Polygram Records, [1992]
Subjects:	Operas. Caesar, Julius > Drama.

Description
Summary:	A tale of love and power set in the Middle East in the unspecified near future and based on Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, centering around Cleopatra's manipulation of Caesar and Ptolemy.
Item Description:	Extended play CLV. Italian with English subtitles. Videodisc release of the opera performed by the Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden in 1990. Synopsis in English by Peter Sellars with French and German translations ([10] pages : ill.) in container. "440 071 508-1." Videorecording.
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.
Production Credits:	Conductor, Carig Smith ; directed by Peter Sellars.