Part of the origin story behind one of the best-loved classical oratorios is a real-life scandal involving mix of blackmail, ...

The visiting Baroque music expert will conduct the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra through the iconic piece from Nov. 21-23.

What: Honor Handel’s most outstanding work with joyous refrains and exultant arias, including the iconic “Hallelujah” chorus. Conducted by James Lowe and chorale director Dr. Meg Stohlmann, featuring ...

Conductor David Thye of the music faculty of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary revealed visionary insight into Handel’s Messiah Monday night at Bass Performance Hall in the traditional annual ...

Two hundred and eighty-four years is plenty of time for something to go out of style or be swept under the rug of history.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. One of the world's best-known choral works, Messiah was first performed as ...

In this their 30 th season, American Bach Soloists performed Handel’s Messiah for the 21st consecutive year in San Francisco’s inspiring Grace Cathedral. Along with the American Bach Choir, American ...

Like many composers in the 18th century, Handel was highly flexible. He was perfectly willing to tweak something he'd written to suit the situation. But when it comes to his masterpiece, the "Messiah, ...

Talk of Handel’s “Messiah” invariably includes references to its length, as if 2½ hours of great music were somehow excessive. This is hard to understand. When it receives a stirring performance, as ...

It has been more than 20 years ago since a Jefferson City audience heard George Frideric Handel's most noted orchestral piece, his "Messiah" oratorio, performed. At 4 p.m. Sunday, fans will not only ...

The centuries-old tradition has returned to community theaters after a pandemic hiatus. If you attend this year’s performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Des Moines Community Orchestra, you’ll walk ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen as nine performers guide you through the emotional arc of Handel’s classic, from comfort to grief to jubilation. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim ...