#ENOCaesar

The die is cast once Pompey’s corpse sprawls headless in the sand and Julius Caesar straddles the earth like a colossus, the unrivalled ruler of the Roman world. Will he really risk losing all for love of Cleopatra, the seductive Egyptian queen?

The triumphant climax of the composer’s Royal Academy years, and arguably the grandest, most sumptuously tuneful opera seria of them all, Handel’s Julius Caesar returns to ENO’s repertoire for the first time since its legendary 1979 staging first established the company’s reputation as London’s reigning ‘House of Handel’.

Featuring Lawrence Zazzo, ‘the king of countertenors’ (Financial Times), as Caesar and Anna Christy – 2010’s ‘mesmerising’ (The Times) Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor – as Cleopatra, this new production is conducted by Baroque expert Christian Curnyn, whose previous ENO credits include 2011’s Castor and Pollux. Directing is the innovative Michael Keegan-Dolan, who returns to ENO with his own Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre following their sensational 2009 Olivier Award-nominated staging of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.

Performances

Oct 1*, 4, 12, 16*, 19, 24, 26, 31 & Nov 2 at 7pm
9 performances. Running time: 3hr 40mins

Signed-performance, Fri Oct 26

Pre-performance talk, Thu Oct 4, 5 – 5.45pm, £5/£2.50 concs

Print at Home

You can now print your tickets at home for this production, just select 'print at home' beneath your billing address details.

*Multibuy discount

Buy an equivalent number of tickets for two or more different weekday (Mon – Thurs) operas at the same time and you will receive 7.5% off all your selected Multibuy tickets. Asterisk (*) marks eligible performances.

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Interval Champagne

You are now able to order house champagne with your tickets. Simply pick the Tickets with Interval Champagne option on the booking page and your champagne will be waiting for you in the bar nearest your seat.