In musical terms though - whether opera or oratorio - Handel's works differ neither in musical form or style, or in the interpretation of vocal effects. So his 49 operas and 24 oratorios all tend to ...

Read our review of Giustino at Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London. Handel's long-lost opera, directed by Joe ...

Turning Handel oratorio into opera can be a rewarding enterprise. Charles Edwards’ presentation of Joshua, over 15 years ago, ...

Opera North’s graceful production combines opera and dance, but there’s one key problem ...

It’s a good year to be Handel-lover. No sooner have summer runs of Rodelinda (Garsington) and Saul (Glyndebourne) finished than we’re into autumn and Opera North’s Susanna, Giustino at the Royal Opera ...

The Atlanta Opera announced that it is closing out its 2024-2025 season with a visually-stunning new production of George Frideric Handel’s Semele. Created by Handel in the 1700s, Semele is a ...

Decades before “Messiah,” George Frideric Handel cut his teeth as a composer-for-hire for Italian nobility. Opera was ...

NEW YORK — When talk turns to whether the Metropolitan Opera should put on old works — like 1709 old — habits die hard. The story has been told for decades that intimate Baroque operas will vanish in ...

Pretty Yende sings with her customary exquisite delicacy as Semele - Alastair Muir Semele has always annoyed the puritans. At the 1744 premiere of Handel’s gorgeously entertaining oratorio, it was ...

The Music Conservatory of Coeur d'Alene has announced the soloists for its marquee concert of the year, Handel’s "Messiah." ...