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Trinity Church’s ‘Messiah’ Is Still the Gold Standard

Bicket, Harry Choir of Trinity Wall Street Classical Music English Concert Handel and Haydn Society Handel, George Frederick Messiah (Musical Work) Miller Theater at Columbia University Music New York Philharmonic Opera Phillips, Peter (1953- ) Tallis Scholars Trinity Church (Manhattan, NY) Wachner, Julian

Trinity Church’s ‘Messiah’ Is Still the Gold Standard

The church’s urgent and eloquent version of Handel’s classic oratorio remains an inspired communal rite.

By Zachary Woolfe

Seeing ‘L’Orfeo’ in Santa Fe

Bicket, Harry Brownlee, Nicholas Graham, Susan Guggeis, Thomas Hankey, Samantha Jones, Netia Muhly, Nico Opera Perez , Ailyn (1979- ) Pountney, David Santa Fe Opera Sharon, Yuval (1979- ) Villazon, Rolando Williams, Mary Elizabeth

Seeing ‘L’Orfeo’ in Santa Fe

Among the company’s annual summer offerings, Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo,” from 1607 but newly reorchestrated and imaginatively staged, stands out.

By Joshua Barone

Nico Muhly Modernizes Monteverdi With ‘Irreverent Veneration’

Bicket, Harry L'Orfeo (Opera) Muhly, Nico Opera Santa Fe Opera Sharon, Yuval (1979- )

Nico Muhly Modernizes Monteverdi With ‘Irreverent Veneration’

Muhly has reorchestrated Monteverdi’s foundational “L’Orfeo” for a new production at Santa Fe Opera.

By David Allen

Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted

Bicket, Harry Carnegie Hall Clarion Choir and Orchestra Classical Music English Concert Handel, George Frederick Opera Solomon (Musical Work)

Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted

In “Solomon,” performed elegantly at Carnegie Hall by the English Concert and Clarion Choir under Harry Bicket, the chorus is the star.

By Zachary Woolfe