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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis makes a practice of reviving underperformed contemporary operas. This season’s example is Philip Glass’s “Galileo Galilei” (2002), a chamber piece that examines the ...

"Beautiful things happen to these young singers' voices when they sing Handel," said Anne Basinski. The way certain "colors emerge" is special. Her voice students at the University of Montana will ...

Beware the Ides of March! Today's Beautiful Music is a selection from George Frideric Handel's opera JULIUS CAESAR, sung by Danielle de Niese -- described by New York Times Magazine as “opera’s ...

Check out production photos from Bell Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, now running at the Sydney Opera House through April 5, before playing at the Canberra Theatre Centre from April 10 – 18, and at the ...