Christophe Dumaux

Georg Friedrich Handel: Giulio Cesare At the Dutch National Opera (2024)

In Amsterdam, conductor Emmanuelle Haïm and director Calixto Bieito take on Handel's famous Giulio Cesare. ...

Giulio Cesare in Egitto (2022)

Triumphantly premiered in 1724 at the King's Theatre in London, George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto masterfully combines human emotions: Triumph with sorrow, despair with happiness and love with profound melancholy in the face of the transienc ...

Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper (2018)

It is a work charged with jealousy and intrigue, with struggles and betrayal: Ariodante, Handel's first work for the then brand new Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. At that time, the composer was faced with fierce competition, was financially stricken and o ...

Ariodante (2017)

At Salzburg Festival, Cecilia Bartoli shines as Ariodante with her dazzling coloratura in a highly acclaimed new production by the German director Christoph Loy, who is known for his clever psychological stagings. Loy turns Handel's splendid baroque opera ...

Handel's Tamerlano (2015)

In Tamerlano, Handel defied rules both written and tacit—offering a main role to a mature tenor at a time when the castrato voice dominated; and not shying away from shocking scenes that other composers approached hesitantly, like suicide. Pierre Audi's ...

Partenope: Det Kongelige Teater (2014)

Directed by Uffe Borgwardt. Starring Inger Dam-Jensen, Christophe Dumaux, Andreas Scholl. ...

The Metropolitan Opera: Giulio Cesare (2013)

David McVicar's inventive hit production of Handel's most popular opera sets the story of Caesar's conquest of Egypt—and of its queen, Cleopatra—in the era of British 19th-century imperialism while also including elements of Baroque theater and Bollywo ...

Giulio Cesare in Egitto (2012)

Cavalli: Il Giasone (2012)

This is the World Première Recording on DVD of Cavalli's opera Il Giasone. The plot is loosely based on the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece, but the opera contains many comic elements too. This 2010 production from Antwerp is orchestrated and conduc ...

Purcell: The Indian Queen (2012)

A superb adaptation of Purcell's the Indian Queen, staged and directed by Peter Sellars and performed in 2013 at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Peters Sellars combines John Dryden and Robert Howard's libretto with a short-story written by the Nicaraguan writer ...

Jules César (2011)

Live performance 10 February 2011 at the Palais Garnier. Emmanuelle Haïm conducting Le Concert d'Astrée and les Choeurs de l'Opéra national de Paris. Directed for stage by Laurent Pelly. ...

Giulio Cesare (2005)

David McVicar's production of Giulio Cesare manages to combine serious insight with entertainment, bringing Handel's masterpiece to life in a powerful, convincing and highly intelligent way. ln every line of the complex narrative the subtle nuances are app ...