In the mid-1600s, opera transformed from a show exclusive for royalty to entertainment for the masses. Soon, lavish productions, special effects, and creative risks became the norm. Venice’s La Fenice ...

It’s all Greek to me!”Christ Church, HenleyFriday, December 5OPERA Prelude invited singer Ross Cumming to present “It’s all ...

Currently music director of California’s San Bernadino Symphony Orchestra, Parnther had the score well in hand, conducting without a baton and asking for some imaginative musical effects from both ...

Composed in just three weeks, Handel’s Messiah remains a beloved classic nearly 300 years on. Its origin story is marked by ...

Uncommon knowledge: Trump’s Rob Reiner insult and the death of dissent Nick Reiner reportedly stormed off after getting shut down by Bill Hader at Conan O'Brien's party night before murders The Navy ...

A modern staging of Ariodante, Handel’s opera about love and betrayal in the King of Scotland’s court - Alastair Muir One of Handel’s greatest operas, Ariodante, was first performed in 1735 at Covent ...

When I was at school our music teacher was also the organist and choir master at the local church and at the end of every ...

Directed by Christopher Alden and conducted by Christian Curnyn, the production is a co-production with Opera Australia. ENO’s award-winning staging of Handel’s love-quadrangle opera first premiered ...

London Early Opera is set give a series of concerts at the Handel Hendrix House. Soprano and Artistic Director of London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham will present a concert featuring arias from ...

(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 ...