This is a Handel year, the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. We remember George Frideric Handel primarily for his oratorio, "Messiah," one of the greatest masterpieces in the classical canon.

Imeneo, Movements: Se potessero i sospir' miei Philippe Jaroussky, Director, Countertenor George Frideric Handel, Composer Ensemble Artaserse Riccardo Primo, Re di Inghilterra, Movements: Agitato da ...

A recital by The King’s Consort at the Wigmore Hall of Handel’s little-known Nine German Arias, performed with three of the composer’s oboe works, was a pleasant rather than revelatory evening. The ...

(SOUNDBITE OF HANDEL'S "LA RESURREZIONE (1708), HWV 47 / PARTE PRIMA: 'DISSERRATEVI, O PORTE D'AVERNO'") GROSS: Sometimes we can overlook something that's right under our noses. Classical music critic ...

A beautiful young woman, bored and ambitious; a powerful, prestigious man, notoriously philandering; his jealous wife, devious and controlling — a trio worthy of jumpstarting a soap opera, a film or, ...

1 Washington National Opera Announces Plans to Leave the Kennedy Center 2 Post Kennedy Center Split, Washington National Opera Sets Stephen Schwartz Hosted WEST SIDE STORY Gala & More Over the past ...

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 ...

As timeless as Shakespeare plays, Handel operas shine through the centuries, whether the cast is clad in period costumes or trendy black leather – whether the set is Hampton Court or Club Med.