Rachel Redmond and Iestyn Davies in the Barbican's concert staging of Orlando - Mark Allan Magic and madness dominate Orlando. Handel’s masterly 1733 opera was the first of three, followed by Alcina ...

A modern staging of Ariodante, Handel’s opera about love and betrayal in the King of Scotland’s court - Alastair Muir One of Handel’s greatest operas, Ariodante, was first performed in 1735 at Covent ...

When I was at school our music teacher was also the organist and choir master at the local church and at the end of every ...

GRAMMY-nominated Baroque ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston's 20th anniversary season will culminate with a new opera production of G.F. Handel's Amadigi di Gaula. Performances will take place on Friday, ...

Complicated love triangles, hidden identities and a love song to a tree ― George Frideric Handel’s dramedy “Xerxes” makes its Detroit Opera debut this weekend. The production is an adaptation of ...

2 Photos: First Look at the Metropolitan Opera’s New Production of Bellini’s I PURITANI 3 Review Roundup: I PURITANI at the Metropolitan Opera 4 Video: Lisette Oropesa Sings Act II Aria From I ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Detroit Opera puts a contemporary spin on Handel’s classic 1738 opera “Xerxes.” The Detroit Opera has put a contemporary spin on Handel’s classic 1738 “Xerxes” masterpiece about love and the ...

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.

What a year 1707 was. In that year, two 22-year old German composers wrote some of their most precocious and important vocal music, pieces that to this day remain central to the repertoire. One of the ...