For his first appearance in the pit in Paris with his Artaserse ensemble, Philippe Jaroussky has chosen a masterpiece that he knows well, having sung the role of Sesto on numerous occasions, notably in the highly acclaimed Salzburg production alongside Cecilia Bartoli. As for the staging, we will welcome for the first time on Avenue Montaigne a Venetian who is used to the greatest European stages and who has undertaken his first Handel, Alcina, in the summer of 2019 in Salzburg with Ruggiero... Philippe Jaroussky. Everyone agrees on his ability to imagine delicate and highly effective dramaturgical worlds (his Barber of Seville for the Paris Opera is an irresistible visual translation of Rossini's frenzied score). His debut in opera seria with Alcina also showed his intelligence in giving coherence and emotion to the demanding arias da capo. On stage, a team familiar with the Théàtre des Champs-Elysées and this repertoire, led by a very fine trio of French women.
Gaëlle Arquez
Giulio Cesare
Sabine Devieilhe
Cleopatra
Lucile Richardot
Cornelia
Franco Fagioli
Sesto
Carlo Vistoli
Tolomeo
Stefano Salvatori
Achilla
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian
Nirone
Adrien Fournaison
Curio
Philippe Jaroussky
Conductor
Director
Damiano Michieletto
Writer
Georg Friedrich Händel
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