The Boston Herald, March 30th, 1998
"Julius Caesar," presented by the Handel & Haydn Society, at Symphony Hall, Boston, Friday night; repeated yesterday.
Handel's "Julius Caesar" has everything: a passionate love story, political intrigue, assassination, revenge, comedy, seduction, a noble ruler vs. 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 & Haydn Society and conductor Christopher Hogwood presen...
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