In Upstate New York, Where Even the Opera Is Locavore

In Upstate New York, Where Even the Opera Is Locavore

The director R.B. Schlather gathered the cast of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” for a quick pep talk before running through the opera last weekend. Not all the costumes were ready, and not everyone in the orchestra could be there, but they were about to see whether the show they had been rehearsing for several weeks even worked. “You’re getting to go through this thing for the first time,” Schlather told them, speaking also to the creative team and cr…