R.B. Schlather’s vibrant staging of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” playing in the Hudson Valley, is a bright spot in a bleak ...

In upstate New York, director R.B. Schlather sought to wrestle Handel’s opera into modernity; in Brooklyn, Anthony Roth ...

With its campy edge, swaggering wit, and kinetic staging, this show is tailor-made for first-time opera goers.

Bass baritone Douglas Ray Williams relied on over-played masculine bluster as Achilla. In the role of Tolomeo, countertenor ...

R.B. Schlather’s "Giulio Cesare," featuring Ruckus and a full cast, continues at Hudson Hall with performances on April 23, ...

"Think of it as Handel’s version of a pulp fiction thriller, inspired by Julius Caesar’s high-stakes escapades in Egypt and his scandalous love affair with the young, cunning Cleopatra." — R.B. Schlat ...

At Hudson Hall, the director R.B. Schlather leans on artists and musicians from the community. The results have made for ...

Triumphantly premiered in 1724 at the King's Theatre in London, George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto masterfully combines human emotions: Triumph with sorrow, despair with happiness ...