WRTI SATURDAY OPERA

Saturday, 1:30PM
George Frederic Handel: Giulio Cesare
Giulio Cesare, one of Handel's most well-known operas, will be broadcast live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network.

Giulio Cesare, one of Handel's most well-known operas, will be broadcast live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network.

The performance features countertenor David Daniels in the tile role, Ruth Ann Swenson as Cleopatra, Alice Coote as Sesto, and Philadelphia-born countertenor Lawrence Zazzo as Tolomeo. Handel authority Harry Bicket leads the performance.

The first intermission will feature the beloved Opera Quiz.? The second intermission will include a Backstage Pass segment to meet some of the artists performing in the broadcast.

CAST

• Cleopatra: Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano
• Giulio Cesare: David Daniels, countertenor
• Sesto: Alice Coote, soprano
• Cornelia: Patricia Bardon, contralto
• Tolomeo: Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor
• Conductor: Harry Bicket