You might not think George Frederick Handel would suddenly find a new relevance in the era of MeToo. Yet his 1749 oratorio Susanna fits the bill. It tells the biblical story of a woman who fights off ...

The first part of Handel’s oratorio will be heard at Trinity Church, where it was performed in 1770. By James Barron Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs,” a Kurt Weill rarity and a new take on Bach’s ...

George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) wrote his oratorio “The Messiah” in 1741 over a period of 24 days, using as his musical source a light Italian duet he composed shortly before beginning work on ...

George F. Handel’s powerful oratorio, Messiah, has become a favorite of many as a high note in the holiday season. For the first time, Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches and its orchestra will ...

George Frideric Handel was a Saxon who moved to England to produce hot-blooded Italian Opera, went broke and rebounded with pious religious oratorio. That is the definition of a cosmopolitian, ...

The wave started with a flash-mob performance by the Opera Company of Philadelphia and hundreds of local choristers. Dressed as shoppers, they sang the best-known anthem from George F. Handel's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Opera North’s Susanna - Tristram Kenton You might not think George Frederick Handel would suddenly find a new relevance in the era ...