The Met: Live in HD presents George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesare | Press Releases

12 p.m. (live) and 6 p.m. (encore)
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

Who : George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesare presented by The Met: Live in HD
In his second new production of the season, director David McVicar incorporates elements of Baroque theater and 19th-century British imperialism to illuminate this classic opera's themes of love, war, and empire building. David Daniels stars as the title character, opposite Natalie Dessay in her Met role debut as the bewitching Cleopatra, Alice Coote as Sesto, Patricia Bardon as Cornelia, Christophe Dumaux as Tolomeo, and Guido Loconsolo in his Met debut as Achilla.

What : The Met: Live in HD is a series of high definition opera transmissions of The Metropolitan Opera's new season direct from Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. With strategically placed cameras in front of, around and behind The Metropolitan Opera House stage, The Met: Live in HD transmissions give Quick Center audiences a state-of-the art opera experience and better-than-front-row-seat visibility. Encore transmissions originate from the Quick Center.

When : 12 p.m. (live) and 6 p.m. (encore), Saturday, April 27, 2013

Where : Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield, CT

Tickets : $25, $20 seniors, $10 children/students. The Quick Center Box Office: (203) 254-4010, or toll-free 1-877-ARTS-396 (1-877-278-7396).

Location : The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts is located on the campus of Fairfield University at 1073 North Benson Road in Fairfield, Connecticut. Entrance to the Quick Center is through the Barlow Road gate at 200 Barlow Road. Free, secure parking is available. Access for people with disabilities is available throughout the Quick Center for audience members and performers. Hearing amplification devices are available upon request at the Box Office. Fairfield University is located off exit 22 of Interstate-95. For further information and directions, call (203) 254-4010 or 1-877-278-7396, or visit www.quickcenter.com .