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Cesare e Cleopatra

Cesare e Cleopatra
dramma per musica by Carl Heinrich Graun
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Royal Opera House in Berlin, where the work was performed (in German) for the opening
Librettist Giovan Gualberto Bottarelli
Language Italian
Based on Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII
Premiere 7 December 1742 (1742-12-07)
Königliches Opernhaus, Berlin

Cesare e Cleopatra is a dramma per musica in three acts by composer Carl Heinrich Graun. The opera uses an Italian-language libretto by Giovan Gualberto Bottarelli.

It was commissioned by Frederick II of Prussia for the opening of the newly built Königliches Opernhaus (Royal Opera House) in Berlin, and was notably the inaugural performance of the newly formed Berlin State Opera.

Although construction of the opera house was not entirely complete, the opera premiered in the new theatre using a German language translation on 7 December 1742 under the baton of the composer. The production starred soprano Maria Giovanna Gasparini as Cleopatra VII and castrato Paolo Bedeschi as Julius Caesar.


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