Pursuits
Caesar Fails to Conquer, Icy Lovers Melt on U.K. Stage
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In the battle of Zela, Julius Caesar came, saw, and conquered. At the English National Opera, he suffers a rather different fate.
Handel’s “Julius Caesar” -- about the famous Roman emperor helping his lover Cleopatra regain her throne -- is a notoriously tricky piece to stage.