Observer

‘Giulio Cesare’ Versus ‘Antony and Cleopatra’: Round Two

Song Hee Lee as Cleopatra amid Ruckus at Hudson Hall. Photo: Paul Kheir Since it began its Carnegie series of Handel operas and oratorios, The English Concert has presented its offerings complete or ...
The New York Times

In Upstate New York, Where Even the Opera Is Locavore

At Hudson Hall, the director R.B. Schlather leans on artists and musicians from the community. The results have made for better opera. From left, Chuanyuan Liu, Song ...
The New York Times

Review: As New York’s Opera Scene Empties, Another Rises Upstate

R.B. Schlather’s vibrant staging of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” playing in the Hudson Valley, is a bright spot in a bleak landscape for Baroque work. By Zachary Woolfe Reporting from Hudson, N.Y. See ...