Giulio Cesare in Egitto album review – Sabine Devieilhe’s exquisite Cleopatra could make stones weep
Orliński/Devieilhe/Il Pomo d’Oro/Corti(Erato)Francesco Corti keeps the drama on the boil in this period instrument recording of Handel’s opera, with herculean feats of vocal dexterity by Jakub Józef Orliński in the title role – but it’s Sabine Devieilhe’s breathtaking queen who steals the showGiulio Cesare is Handel’s most popular opera with at least 15 versions in the current catalogue, several of…
Orliński/Devieilhe/Il Pomo d’Oro/Corti(Erato)Francesco Corti keeps the drama on the boil in this period instrument recording of Handel’s opera, with herculean feats of vocal dexterity by Jakub Józef Orliński in the title role – but it’s Sabine Devieilhe’s breathtaking queen who steals the showGiulio Cesare is Handel’s most popular opera with at least 15 versions in the current catalogue, several of…
