In a Handel Opera, a Rare Type of Voice Gets a New Audience
A revival of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” this summer at Glyndebourne, an English opera festival, features three countertenors with three different sounds.
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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.
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Review: An Unexpectedly Relevant Oratorio at the Philharmonic
Planned over a year ago, Handel’s “Israel in Egypt” was presented while the Israel-Hamas war unfolds in the Middle East.
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Review: A ‘Rodelinda’ Brings Promise of Handel on the Hudson
R.B. Schlather’s new staging of this opera, with the excellent musicians of Ruckus, is the first of several Handel productions at Hudson Hall.