G.F. Handel’s Giulio Cesare

Book opera tickets for Giulio Cesare at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2024.

Ireland’s Summer Opera Festival will return from 27 May – 3 June 2024 with four performances of  G.F. Handel’s Giulio Cesare in the grounds of Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford.

Giulio Cesare is one of Handel’s greatest Italian operas, and is now one of the most performed Baroque operas in the repertoire. The headline opera will feature the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the BVOF Chorus, conducted by Nicholas McGegan, directed by Tom Creed, with Set & Light Design by Aedín Cosgrove and Costume Design by Catherine Fay. The Giulio Cesare cast will include Ingeborg Bröcheler, Anna Devin, Nils Wanderer, Carolyn Holt, Sharon Carty, Dean Murphy, Iestyn Morris and Fionn Ó hAlmhain.

Four evening performances of this year’s opera – our headline festival event, will take place in the grounds Lismore Castle, with an additional performance of a Dress Rehearsal for Schools on Monday 27 May. The production is made possible with generous production sponsorship from the John Pollard Foundation. 

DATE & TIME: Weds 29 May, Fri 31 May, Sat 1, Sun 2 June at 7.45pm

(Dress Rehearsal for Schools – Mon 27 May at 7.45pm)

VENUE: Lismore Castle, Co Waterford

TICKET PRICES: €75 – €220

MUSIC:  G.F. Handel

Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym

Language: Italian

Duration: 3 1/2 hours including 45 minute interval