巴洛克歌剧《朱利奥·凯撒》登上现代大都会舞台

Baroque opera Guilio Cesare staged at the modern Met.

大都会歌剧院永远都不是上演巴洛克歌剧的最好场地，四干座的大剧院声音听起来始终都有些距离感，不够亲密。就在大都会演出亨德尔的《朱利奥·凯撒》（Giulio Cesare）的同时。

The Metropolitan Opera House,with 3,800 seats in its four tiers,is, in general,too big for Baroque opera.But an intelligent production and sparkling music performance like the new Guilio Cesare can narrow that distance and increase the audience's enjoyment tremendously.David McVicar updates the setting to 19^(th)-century British India.He gently pokes fun at Western imperialism without proselytizing or being obnoxious about it.Danielle de Niese replaced an ailing Natalie Dessay to return to a production that was originally designed to suit her strength.It's not exaggerating to say that this Julius Caesar 'came' and 'conquered' New York.