The sloe-eyed beauty who could charm the conqueror into giving her a kingdom—Cleopatra! It’s a tale that has long enthralled Western art and literature, involving as it does a powerful and exotic ...

Season opening show marks a return to indoor productions. After an intense battle with a bitter rival during the Roman civil war, Julius Caesar moves toward Egypt with his head held high but more than ...

ST. LOUIS - Along with Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis is a prime summer destination for American opera lovers. In its 49th season, the Missouri festival retains an enterprising identity ...

Giulio Cesare or Julius Carsar is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1724. The libretto was written by Nicola ...

In 1724, George Frideric Handel brought the timeless love story of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra to life in music through his exquisite opera Giulio Cesare. In honor of this dramatic work's 300th ...

Although Handel's opera "Julius Caesar," known as "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" in its native tongue of Italian, is regarded one of his greatest works for the stage, it went out of fashion just like the ...

Julius Caesar is the greatest of Handel’s operas, and one of the greatest of all opera seria; it contains arias which can stand with the finest by Mozart or Verdi in terms of exploration of character ...

Cleopatra performed by Ellie O’Brien (left) and Caesar, performed by Arthur Keast in Pacific Lutheran University Opera’s production of “Julius Caesar” by G. F. Handel. Courtesy photo by Kaitlyn Ochs ...

In the old days, record companies offered you an opera in a box set. But they also offered you a highlights album: a single LP. You know the problem with Handel’s Julius Caesar? It is, basically, ...

Season opening show marks a return to indoor productions. After an intense battle with a bitter rival during the Roman civil war, Julius Caesar moves toward Egypt with his head held high but more than ...