‘Giulio Cesare’ comes to The Clark

WILLIAMSTOWN – The popular “Met: Live in HD” series continues at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on Saturday, April 27 at 12 p.m. with a dynamic staging of Giulio Cesare, David McVicar’s second new production of the season.

“Giulio Cesare is a kaleidoscope of an opera—a semi-comic, semi-tragic adventure story,” Mr. McVicar says. “You get romance, you get drama, you get moments of political wheeling-and-dealing, complex family relationships—as well as real emotion and tragedy.”

The opera incorporates elements of Baroque theater and 19th-century British imperialism to illuminate themes of love, war and empire building. David Daniels stars as the title character, opposite Natalie Dessay in her Met role debut as the bewitching Cleopatra, Alice Coote as Sesto, Patricia Bardon as Cornelia, Christophe Dumaux as Tolomeo and Guido Loconsolo in his Met debut as Achilla.

The New York Times praised conductor Harry Bicket for “a lithe, lyrical and stylish performance of this great score from the Met orchestra.”

Approximate running time is 245 minutes and tickets are $25 ($22 members; $18 students); they may be ordered online at clarkart.edu or by calling (413) 458-0524.

Posted by Kameron Z. Spaulding on April 25, 2013. Filed under Arts and Entertainment,Community Events. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry