MICHIELETTO MAKES HIS DEBUT AT THE THÉÂTRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSÉES DIRECTING HÄNDEL’S GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO
«A lonely and somewhat clumsy man, who can’t do one thing right». This is how Damiano Michieletto describes the lead character of Georg Friedrich Händel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, the opera that marks his debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, on stage beginning Wednesday 11 May. The Italian director will be returning to Paris where, at the Opéra National, he staged his acclaimed Barbiere di Siviglia in 2014 (with several revivals), a new production of Samson et Dalila in 2016,...