"Giulio Cesare" is, arguably, George Frideric Handel's masterpiece. Yes, it has its fair share of the musical conventions of the time, particularly a plethora of da capo arias. But as Baroque operas ...
Natalie Dessay is snake-bit as Cleopatra, but Christophe Dumaux is bad to the bone as the villainous Tolomeo in Handel’s “Giulio Cesare.” Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Bollywood dance numbers, kung fu ...
A revival of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” this summer at Glyndebourne, an English opera festival, features three countertenors with three different sounds. By David Belcher It’s a good time to be a ...
HUDSON, N.Y. — From the moment Davon strode onstage, in showgirl headgear, to lead an awkward audience reciting “E-G-Y-P-T” (What does that spell? Egypt!), we knew that R.B. Schlather had fashioned a ...
Song Hee Lee as Cleopatra amid Ruckus at Hudson Hall. Photo: Paul Kheir Since it began its Carnegie series of Handel operas and oratorios, The English Concert has presented its offerings complete or ...