Giorgio Battistelli (1953)

Julius Caesar (2019 -2021)

opera for mixed choir, children's choir and orchestra


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2019 - 2021
    • Duration: 2 h
    • Publisher: Ricordi, nº 142039
    • Commission: Fondazione Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Ian Burton d’après William Shakespeare

Detailed formation
  • mixed choir [SATB] , children's choir
  • 3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, piano, celesta, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, harp, 12 violins, 10 second violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 5 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 20 November 2021