It's "Messiah," by German-British opera composer ... So, when he was invited to stage a series of concerts in Dublin, King said, Handel thought he could restart his career: "And so, he sits ...

This gives the community a time to reflect on the Christmas season and celebrate Epiphany.

Four of the city’s best-known productions are remarkably different yet still deeply satisfying in their individual approaches to the perennial masterpiece.

On the other hand, Messiah's first London performances weren't very popular. It took a few years for the work to catch on, but in succeeding decades, Handel’s great oratorio became a sort of Victorian ...

Composed in 1741, Handel's Messiah tells the Biblical stories of ... the year before Labrie assumed the directorship. Sunday's concert features the following soloists: soprano Erin Matthews ...

Three Halifax County residents are in the chorus: Joe Orenstein, Annika Orenstein and Mike Doan. “Messiah” soloists will be ...

Malone: George Friedrich Handel's "Messiah" tells the story of ... and conductor Marin Alsop They join the BBC Concert Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Chorus, and the London Adventist Chorale.

“Handel's ‘Messiah’ has been with us since 1742 ... As a “Handel super fan” in the 18th century, he went to as many of the composer’s concerts as possible. In the 1730s, King explains, Jennens ...

The Jazz-Gospel Messiah,” the reimagined version of George Frideric Handel’s 1741 oratorio, returns to the Auditorium Theatre ...

That “Messiah” was first performed in Dublin, where Handel had been invited to give a series of concerts in the winter of 1741-42—and not in London—is itself suggestive of a waning career.

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