Cesare e Cleopatra

Cesare e Cleopatra is a dramma per musica in three acts by composer Carl Heinrich Graun. The opera uses an Italian-language libretto by Giovan Gualberto Bottarelli.

Cesare e Cleopatra
dramma per musica by Carl Heinrich Graun
Royal Opera House in Berlin, where the work was performed (in German) for the opening
LibrettistGiovan Gualberto Bottarelli
LanguageItalian
Based onJulius Caesar and Cleopatra VII
Premiere
7 December 1742 (1742-12-07)
Königliches Opernhaus, Berlin

Performances

It was commissioned by Frederick II of Prussia for the opening of the newly built Königliches Opernhaus (Royal Opera House) in Berlin, and was notably the inaugural performance of the newly formed Berlin State Opera.

Although construction of the opera house was not entirely complete, the opera premiered in the new theatre using a German language translation on 7 December 1742 under the baton of the composer. The production starred soprano Maria Giovanna Gasparini as Cleopatra VII and castrato Paolo Bedeschi as Julius Caesar.[1]

Recordings
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References
  1. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Cesare e Cleopatra, 7 December 1742". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
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