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, ...

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 ...

A revival of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” this summer at Glyndebourne, an English opera festival, features three countertenors with three different sounds. By David Belcher It’s a good time to be a ...

Handel is now best known for his mighty oratorios. ‘Tis the season for Messiah. But he was late to that game, deep as he was into Italian opera, the blockbuster genre of the 18 th century and the one ...

Handel’s Semele is one of those works that refuses to sit neatly in a box. First staged at Covent Garden in 1744, it was billed as a “new oratorio” to slip past London’s strict Lenten ban on opera.

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 ...

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra came to Caramoor with Handel’s “Tolomeo,” a far-fetched opera seria with a lively score. By Gabrielle Ferrari Reporting from Katonah, N.Y. The term opera seria might ...

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 ...