HAIL, CAESAR! VIRGINIA OPERA GOES FOR BAROQUE WITH DRAMATIC PRODUCTION THAT BOASTS LARGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTERS.(DAILY BREAK)

The Virginian Pilot | January 27, 1997| | Copyright

Byline: CRAIG SHAPIRO, STAFF WRITER

WHAT BECOMES an icon most? That really doesn't concern director Lillian Garrett-Groag. Her ``Julius Caesar,'' the first Baroque opera produced by Virginia Opera, is not designed to humanize the great Roman emperor.

Caesar was larger than life, a legend. So was Cleopatra. To play history's most intriguing lovers as anything less would deflate the story. Worse, it would betray the intentions of composer George Frideric Handel.

``It's very difficult to get a performer to play unsympathetically. We want to be liked ...

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