The Boston Herald, March 28th, 1998
"Julius Caesar," presented by the Handel & Haydn Society, at Symphony Hall, Boston, last night; repeats Sunday.
Handel's "Julius Caesar" has everything: a passionate love story, political intrigue, assassination, revenge, comedy, seduction, a noble ruler versus a corrupt one, sibling rivalry, romantic competition.
Handel's musical setting is equal to all of it and is, by turns, voluptuous, bellicose, furious, grief-stricken and brilliantly virtuosic enough to make several singers' careers (as it did for Beverly Sills).
The Handel and Haydn Society and conductor Christopher Hogwood are pre...
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