Young Caesar (opera)

Young Caesar is an opera written in 1970 by Lou Harrison which depicting the younger years of Roman dictator Julius Caesar, such as his relationship with his first fiancée Cossutia and escape from Rome after disrespecting Dictator Sulla,[1] but it focuses most of all on Caesar's sexual relationship with the Bithynian king Nicomedes IV of Bithynia.[2][3][4] Harrison originally designed it as a puppet opera.[5]

See also
  • Young Caesar (novel)

References
  1. Alves, Bill; Campbell, Brett (2017). Lou Harrison: American Musical Maverick. Indiana University Press. p. 303. ISBN 9780253026439.
  2. "Review: The puppet orgy is back in a triumphant reworking of 'Young Caesar' at Disney Hall". Los Angeles Times. June 14, 2017.
  3. Gurewitsch, Matthew. "From Los Angeles, another stab at Young Caesar: Now hear Lou Harrison's once-outré magnum opus". Matthew Gurewitsch.
  4. "Lou Harrison's Opera about Julius Caesar's time…". February 18, 2007.
  5. http://louharrison.blogspot.com/2017/06/hail-caesar.html


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