Rachel Redmond and Iestyn Davies in the Barbican's concert staging of Orlando - Mark Allan Magic and madness dominate Orlando. Handel’s masterly 1733 opera was the first of three, followed by Alcina ...
(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 ...
Though written 300 years apart, two operas that will be presented by OrpheusPDX in August have a lot in common. The operas are adapted from stories that were written many, many years before: one by ...
Complicated love triangles, hidden identities and a love song to a tree ― George Frideric Handel’s dramedy “Xerxes” makes its Detroit Opera debut this weekend. The production is an adaptation of ...
The English National Opera's new production of Handel's romantic epic, Rodelinda, has opened at the Coliseum, London, to positive reviews. Written in 1725, Rodelinda is regarded as one of Handel's ...