"Guilio Cesare" by Georg Frederick Handel

Ruth Ann Swenson's final performance in "Giulio Cesare" at the Met occured on a warm Saturday afternoon in April. It was a cloudless day and most of my friends were doing outdoor things. The occassional invitation to join them collected silently in my pocket while I bathed in the warm rays of Handel's score and Swenson's scintillating Cleopatra. I couldn't think of a better way to spend the day.