"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 ...

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 ...

Sir David McVicar's witty and efferverscent production of Handel's most popular opera, GIULIO CESARE, arrives at the Met with Natalie Dessay and David Daniels in the leading roles and Harry Bicket on ...

Director R.B. Schlather’s operas in Hudson Hall are billed as no-frills projects, with talent and materials locally sourced as much as possible. They are popular, judging from the jammed-in, SRO crowd ...

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 ...