Twelve concerts in ten cities: from February 4 to 28, French countertenor Rémy Brès-Feuillet chronicled the Giulio Cesare in Egitto tour by the ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro conducted by Francesco Corti, notably with Sabine Devieilhe and Jakub Józef Orliński. Rehearsals in Vienna, travel logistics, company spirit, first nerves… a road diary from city to city. 
By Rémy Brès-Feuillet
One month on tour, twelve concerts, ten different European cities: from February 4 to 28, the young French countertenor Rémy Brès-Feuillet kept his logbook of the European tour of Giulio Cesare in Egitto by the ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro under the musical direction of Francesco Corti. Discover the behind-the-scenes workings and daily life of a team of around forty singers and musicians performing a concert version of Handel’s opera, with a prestigious cast including Sabine Devieilhe and Jakub Józef Orliński. In this first part: Vienna, Paris, Budapest and Amsterdam.
February 4 – Vienna, Theater an der Wien
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