The opera is set in Egypt under the joint rule of Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy in 48 B.C. Julius Caesar has defeated his enemy Pompey but is outraged when Pompey’s ally Ptolemy kills ...

Giulio Cesare or Julius Carsar is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1724. The libretto was written by Nicola ...

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 ...

SEATTLE – Speight Jenkins is a man who hears voices. The general director of Seattle Opera is regarded for his ability to uncover opera talent, and when he encounters a great singer, he figures out ...