Before turning to the choral compositions such as Messiah, for which he is best known today, a musicologist produced a string of Italian-language operas that vied for audiences in the ...
The so-called Handel opera revival has prompted the disinterment of so many treasures from the Baroque master’s once-buried trove of The so-called Handel opera revival has prompted the disinterment of ...
Song Hee Lee as Cleopatra amid Ruckus at Hudson Hall. Photo: Paul Kheir Since it began its Carnegie series of Handel operas and oratorios, The English Concert has presented its offerings complete or ...
George Frideric Handel — an immortal composer by any standard — wrote over 40 operas. For much of his career, they were his primary source of income and recognition. But these operas — written in ...