One of Handel’s greatest operas, Ariodante, was first performed in 1735 at Covent Garden and has not been seen there since – ...

Planned over a year ago, Handel’s “Israel in Egypt” was presented while the Israel-Hamas war unfolds in the Middle East. By Oussama Zahr R.B. Schlather’s new staging of this opera, with the excellent ...

Repeating the successful alchemy of his 2023 RODELINDA, Schlather brings together area residents, rising stars, and some of today's finest baroque interpreters to share his passion for Handel in the ...

How eactly did Milwaukee Opera Theatre come to be performing Handel's Baroque opera "Alcina" in the vintage shop Dandy? It began, MOT Producing Artistic Director Jill Anna Ponasik said in a phone ...

Think of the graceful melody known as Handel’s Largo, from the composer’s 1738 opera Serse (Xerxes). This is music calculated to melt the heart, with its stately descending phrase — “Ombra mai fu” — ...

If Flaubert was Madame Bovary, then Handel was Partenope. She is the title character of his 1730 opera, a big hit in its time, but then spurned for supposed tawdriness over the ensuing 250 years.

George Frideric Handel (at age 64 in 1749) produced works, including Messiah that dazzled even the musical titans who would succeed him. AGE Fotostock George Frideric Handel's Messiah was originally ...

For aspiring opera singers, it’s a big leap from earning a graduate degree to establishing a professional career. San Diego’s Opera Neo’s mission is to nurture and showcase talented young singers who ...