Handel, George Frederick – MOSAEC

Review: English Concert Brings Handel’s ‘Cesare’ to Carnegie

Bicket, Harry Carnegie Hall English Concert Giulio Cesare (Opera) Handel, George Frederick Opera

Review: English Concert Brings Handel’s ‘Cesare’ to Carnegie

The English Concert, under the conductor Harry Bicket, returned to Carnegie Hall with one of Handel’s greatest hits.

By Arya Roshanian

Review: As New York’s Opera Scene Empties, Another Rises Upstate

Handel, George Frederick Hudson Opera House Opera Ruckus (Music Group) Schlather, R B

Review: As New York’s Opera Scene Empties, Another Rises Upstate

R.B. Schlather’s vibrant staging of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” playing in the Hudson Valley, is a bright spot in a bleak landscape for Baroque work.

By Zachary Woolfe

In Hudson, N.Y., Even the Opera Is Locavore

Giulio Cesare (Opera) Handel, George Frederick Hudson (NY) Hudson Opera House Opera Ruckus (Music Group) Schlather, R B Williams, Douglas (Singer) Zeller-Townson, Clay

In Hudson, N.Y., Even the Opera Is Locavore

At Hudson Hall, the director R.B. Schlather leans on artists and musicians from the community. The results have made for better opera.

By Joshua Barone

A D.I.Y. ‘Messiah,’ Starring You and Yours as Choristers

Burnett, Janinah Choir of Trinity Wall Street Classical Music Geffen, David, Hall (Manhattan, NY) Glover, Jane Handel, George Frederick Messiah (Musical Work) Music

A D.I.Y. ‘Messiah,’ Starring You and Yours as Choristers

Our critic joined with amateur singers and professionals for a “Messiah” sing-in at David Geffen Hall, just one “Messiah” on the city’s holiday calendar.

By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim