#va tacito

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G.F. Handel, “Va tacito” aria from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie, cond.

This is David McVicar’s production of the opera at the Glyndebourne Festival, where he updated the setting from ancient Rome to imperial Britain, drawing a parallel between Egypt’s status as a vassal kingdom under Rome and as a protectorate under Britain after the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. In Handel’s time, Caesar would’ve been sung by a castrato, but nowadays the role is played by mezzo-sopranos or counter-tenors.

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I hope some other Sarah Connolly fans get the chance to catch this. I have to be driving my car at that moment, unfortunately. 

Here’s the Glyndebourne Facebook page.

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Andreas Scholl in Giulio Cesare in Egitto, 2006

I sorta had to gif him.

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Love a man in uniform.

[musicwithewe]

"Va tacito" (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), G.F.Handel - Andreas Scholl, counter tenor

An aria from the 2005 production of "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. Andreas Scholl, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor) & Concerto Copenhagen.