Composer

Messiah at the Market returns after a sold-out inaugural year, bringing the joy of Handel’s Messiah to the vibrant EPIC Market once again. With two evening performances and a matinee, this unique event invites audiences to sing alongside the Edmonton Opera Chorus, surrounded by the warmth of the holidays.

Messiah At The Market

EPIC Market

If there is a preeminent authority on Handel’s Messiah, it may well be Bernard Labadie, who has conducted this repertoire monument over a hundred times. Labadie’s expertise and the united forces of The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus make for an unforgettable rendition of this beloved oratorio. From poignant arias to blazing choruses — including the indomitable “Hallelujah” chorus — Messiah is a perennial holiday favorite for its thrilling drama and operatic breadth.

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Handel’s Messiah

Severance Music Center

The tradition continues! Join the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for their fourth annual performance of this cherished masterpiece.

First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster

Hallelujah! A glorious Christmas tradition returns. Conductor Stephen Stubbs, a cast of soloists, and the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus join the Orchestra for this quintessential holiday classic. Handel's beautiful oratorio combines music and drama in one of the greatest stories ever told.

Handel's Messiah

Arts Commons

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra rings in the holiday season with stunning selections from Handel’s Messiah and beloved classical Christmas music. Experience the power and beauty of this timeless masterpiece, featuring the iconic "Hallelujah" chorus, performed by the region’s finest musicians. A cherished holiday tradition, this concert is the perfect way to celebrate the season with the splendor of orchestral and choral music.

Northshore Classics: Classical Christmas

Greater Covington Center

City of London Sinfonia returns to St Paul’s Cathedral to perform Handel’s Messiah with the world-renowned Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral and the Cathedral Chorus.

The Messiah

St. Paul's Cathedral London

This concert marks, for the conductor, his Messiah No. 50 and at the same time the last in a long-standing tradition of annual performances of the work.

Christians Kirke

The Collegium Musicum performs music from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, with repertoire ranging from solo cantatas to madrigals, oratorios, operas, concertos, and other orchestral works. Recent concerts have included performances of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Handel’s Concerti Grossi, op. 3, Purcell’s King Arthur and The Fairy Queen, Lully’s Psyché and Thésée, Luigi Rossi’s Orfeo, Cavalli’s Ercole amante and La virtù de’ strali d’Amore, and Monteverdi’s Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi.

Collegium Musicum

Eastman School of Music

The Academic Orchestra and Choir will perform GF Handel's  Messiah  in its entirety in Copenhagen Cathedral, Vor Frue Kirke,  on Monday, December 1, 2025 at 7 p.m.  with excellent soloists and under the direction of conductor Nenia Zenana.

Messiah with Academic Orchestra and Choir

Church of Our Lady Copenhagen

Celebrate the season with Messiah, Handel’s beloved homage to hope, faith, and triumph. From the soul-stirring “Comfort ye, my people” to the exhilarating “Hallelujah Chorus,” this glorious retelling of a timeless story is a thrilling dramatic experience. Dame Jane Glover leads the Chorus, Orchestra, and an illustrious cast featuring the Music of the Baroque debuts of GRAMMY-nominated mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and Ryan Opera Center alum Will Liverman.

Symphony Center

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie

2nd Chamber Concert: Festive Music for Advent

Allerheiligen-Hofkirche

The Messiah Sing-In—one of our most cherished holiday traditions—returns for another year of inspiring music and community celebration. Be there to feel the majesty of Handel’s Messiah as an audience of passionate music lovers (like you!) and talented guest soloists come together to perform this timeless masterpiece. Whether you’re a seasoned singer or simply love the power of live choral music to get you into the spirit, this event invites everyone to participate in the exhilarating “Hallelujah” chorus and more.

Messiah Sing-in

Salt Palace Convention Center

PCO’s annual traditional and uplifting presentation of part I and favorites from parts II and III, such as “Why do Nations Rage?” “The Trumpet Shall Sound”, and the cumulating final transcending “Amen” chorus. PCO features Soprano Raven McMillon, Alto Sara Couden, Tenor Ricky Garcia, Bass Matt Boehler and the PCO Chorus. At the concert's end, sing along with us in a reprise of the “Hallelujah Chorus”. A perfect way to begin the holiday season.

Handel`s Messiah

Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church

Livermore Performing Arts Center

York Symphony Orchestra and Chorus kicks off your holiday season. Our favorite annual concert Holiday Pops Spectacular packs the theatre with holiday cheer. It’s truly a Wonderful Life! The Greater York Youth Ballet of Dance It Forward performs the magical Nutcracker ballet to perfect your evening.

Holiday Pops Spectacular

Appell Center for the Performing Arts

Joy! A Messiah Celebration

University of California San Diego

It’s as Boston as Fenway Park. For the 172nd consecutive year, H+H presents Handel’s iconic Messiah, the greatest story ever told in song. This majestic music will rekindle joy and hope at Symphony Hall with the incomparable H+H Orchestra and Chorus under the “expert direction” (The Boston Globe) of Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen with renowned soprano Lauren Snouffer who’ll bring this soul-stirring story to life with “a lustrous tone” (Cincinnati Business Courier). Without a doubt, this is Boston’s must-see Messiah.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Members of the Abbey Choir along with the renowned orchestral musicians of AAM bring to life this sacred oratorio, one of the best known and most frequently performed works of choral music.

HANDEL Messiah

Westminster Abbey

Florian Boesch feat. Concentus Musicus

Casino Zögernitz

The 5,500 pipes of The Bridgewater Hall organ sing as Associate Artist Jonathan Scott performs a programme of some of the greatest music from the world of opera.

Jonathan Scott: The Organ at the Opera

The Bridgewater Hall

Was George Frideric Handel a German composer or an English one? Well, one could also say: He was Italian! For in the four years he spent south of the Alps, he not only met the best musicians of his time, but also dabbled in important genres: opera, oratorio, cantata. One of these works is the cantata "Apollo e Dafne." The subject is piquant. It deals with male aggression. The god Apollo tries to win the nymph Daphne's affection by threatening him with violence. But she is wise and ultimately transforms into a laurel tree. Apollo's only option is to water it with his tears.

2nd Castle Concert

Sondershausen Castle

Envy and hatred reign in Saul's heart. For he perceives in David a rival for the throne: After David's victory over the giant Goliath, King Saul finds himself compelled to welcome David into his house and to honour him as a hero. When his son Jonathan and his daughter Michal side with David, and eventually even his daughter Merab acknowledges the universally celebrated hero, Saul finally decides to remove David from his path. However, David enjoys divine protection. Instead, it is Saul whose star threatens to set. With SAUL, George Frideric Handel turned to a biblical subject from the Old Testament. The subject matter was certainly controversial, as around twenty years before Handel’s arrival in London, Parliament, during the “Glorious Revolution” of 1689, had offered the British crown to William III of Orange and Mary II in order to put an end to the rule of the absolutist King James II. Georg Friedrich Handel had so far achieved one box office hit after another in London, primarily with his serious operas. However, the audience gradually seemed to be tiring of Italian opera. Thus, Händel set out in search of new paths in musical theatre. The genre of the oratorio, which he had become acquainted with during his time in Rome from 1706 to 1709, seemed suitable for this purpose. And indeed, the premiere of SAUL on 16 January 1739 at the Haymarket Theatre in London was a success, not least due to the gigantic choral numbers and the English national language in which it was sung. That SAUL is also dramatic, stage-effective musical theatre is demonstrated by the numerous musical effects with which Handel brings the story of the tormented King Saul to life. From triumphal choruses to whispers of witches to the funeral march that is still played today at state funerals worldwide. The acclaimed production from the Glyndebourne Festival, in Barrie Kosky’s opulent and profound direction, presents the Old Testament fable of envy and resentment set in London during the Georgian era, when indulgence and misery, popular entertainment and humiliation existed side by side. At the podium of the Gürzenich Orchestra stands Rubén Dubrovsky, who has already demonstrated his flair for Baroque music in Cologne with GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO and ORLANDO.

Saul

Cologne Opera

Joined by the phenomenal soprano Lucy Crowe, we journey across centuries and styles. From Handel and Haydn’s bright elegance to the vivid, kaleidoscopic textures of Messiaen, and from Berg’s exquisite The Nightingale to Gershwin’s jazz-tinged lyricism, come for an inspiring and beautiful range of music. Soar through centuries of music with one of the country’s most exciting orchestras and finest of singers.

Fantasia Orchestra with Lucy Crowe: Birdsong

Smith Square Hall

Dixit Dominus allows us to see the moment when Handel emerged as a mature composer. Written in 1707 on commission from the powerful Colonna family in Rome, it represents the earliest major choral work to survive in the composer’s own hand. 22-year old Handel had already developed an excellent technical mastery of harmony, counterpoint and melody, and was ready to put these skills on full display.

Dixit Dominus (Handel in Malta)

St. Paul's Cathedral

Rinaldo’s triumphant premiere in 1711, replete with dramatic stage effects (including live birds), placed Handel at the forefront of the London opera scene. This concert performance brings the music and libretto of Rinaldo to life in one of Malta’s stunning baroque buildings.

Rinaldo (Handel in Malta)

Teatru Manoel

Music that brings stillness. It may sound paradoxical, but that’s exactly the goal of Casco Phil’s INKEER concerts. Together with a professional meditation specialist, Casco Phil’s string quartet offers a counterbalance to our hectic, digital, hyper-fast daily lives. The quest for inner peace is timeless. From the intricate vocal weavings of Palestrina, Allegri and Mechelen-born Philippus de Monte to the impressionistic colour palettes of Ravel and Debussy: old and new meet in a search for inner calm that makes you forget time—even if just for a moment.

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Mechelen Public Library Het Predikheren

Handel’s Messiah is a glorious oratorio, full of soaring arias, memorable choruses, and all the elegance we associate with the High Baroque. This masterpiece is also one of the most enduring messages of hope in the entire choral repertoire.

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Lensic Performing Arts Center

For those who love the violin, Judith Ingolffssohn plays and directs a program of double violin concertos with concert-master, Min-Young Kim, including Bach’s only concerto for two violins: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043. It is, a work of remarkably expressive intensity. Double violin concertos by Schnittke, Vivaldi, and Handel complete the program.

Judith Ingolfsson Plays Bach

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Handel’s Messiah is among the most revered oratorios of all time — and in the hands of conductor and 18th century interpreter Nicholas McGegan, it is simply sublime. “When it comes to conveying the vital spark of Handel’s music, Mr. McGegan has few peers,” claims The New York Times; The Independent calls McGegan “one of the finest Baroque conductors of his generation.” Messiah shines its spotlight on the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this season.

Warner Grand Theater

The Golden Harpsichord

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kicking off the holiday season early, join the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Festival Choir of Madison for a favorite holiday tradition. Written in just 24 days by George Frideric Handel, Messiah is considered the most performed classical piece of music worldwide. Although based on religious texts, the message remains universal, and Handel intended it to be performed in the concert hall. For this performance, the orchestra and choir are joined by Sarah Lawrence, soprano; Sadie Cheslak, alto; Gene Stenger, tenor; and Andrew Garland, baritone.

Bethel Lutheran Church

Experience the timeless magic of the holiday season with the FortWayne Philharmonic’s enchanting Messiah by Candlelight. Set within the warm glow of candlelight, this annual tradition transforms Handel’s beloved oratorio into a transcendent masterpiece. Immerse yourself in choral and orchestral brilliance as the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, along with Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus, brings to life the sacred narrative and jubilant spirit of Handel’s Messiah.

Messiah By Candlelight

Purdue University Fort Wayne

Based in Florida's friendliest hometown, "The Villages Philharmonic" is a professional Orchestra presenting the highest possible standard for excellence in musical performance since 2003.

Messiah 2025

Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center

Finding The One isn’t easy. Especially when you’re tangled up in a tricky love quadrangle.

Join our social butterfly Partenope and her three potential suitors – Arsace, Armindo and Eurimene – in this timeless tale where boys meet girl, girl falls for boy, and another ‘boy’ is really a girl looking for revenge on a boy… keeping up?

Find out if love is on the cards and if honesty wins, in this complex game of romance, where not everything (or everyone) is as it seems.

Partenope

London Coliseum

The glorious holiday tradition of Handel’s Messiah returns to St. John’s Cathedral. Honor Handel’s most outstanding work with joyous refrains and exultant arias, including the iconic “Hallelujah” chorus, in this powerful presentation of the greatest story ever told.

The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

In this edgy, semi-staged reimagining of Semele, Handel’s myth of desire and divine hubris is set in the glitzy, cutthroat world of influencer celebrity culture (think a Kardashian level starlet on the rise). Semele is a social media icon and reality TV actress lured by Jupiter, a powerful Hollywood producer, who promises to make her truly “immortal” through global superstardom. This sleek, contemporary staging mixes red carpets, viral livestreams, and paparazzi projections to expose our obsession with fame, beauty, and the tragic cost of wanting to live forever in the spotlight.

SEMELE- George Frideric Handel

Clark County Library Main Theater

This performance of Messiah: Part 1 and the triumphant Hallelujah chorus will transport audiences with its grandeur and spirit. The program begins with William Boyce’s Ode to the New Year 1758, a lively and celebratory work, followed by composer and lost local legend Julia Perry’s Ye Who Seek the Truth. Hadyn’s charming and impressive Trumpet Concerto closes the first half. Finally, the Akron Symphony Chorus joins the ASO to deliver the true might of orchestral power necessary for Handel’s Messiah—a piece widely recognized and beloved by audiences. A full stage of choral and orchestral energy awaits audiences this November.

The University of Akron

Mozart’s orchestration of Handel’s Messiah offers a new way of presenting this masterpiece. The reimagining of the oratorio allows for an expansion of sounds through additional instruments. In collaboration with the CSO Chorus, the brass section amplifies the triumphant energy of the Hallelujah Chorus, elevating its grandeur to new levels.

Messiah

Ohio Theatre

Join us for at the beautiful St. Mary’s Cathedral for an evening full of Handel’s greatest works!

Handel at the Cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception

Accomplished soloist, perceptive director and close collaborator with the SCO, British violinist Anthony Marwood makes a welcome return for music to captivate you and – perhaps – surprise you in this exciting matinee programme.

Schumann & Mozart

Dumfries Campus - University of the West of Scotland (UWS)

The Queen's Hall

City Halls

The exciting next-generation period-instrument ensemble Twelfth Night makes its Berkeley debut with a lively concert performance of Handel’s romantic comedy Aminta e Fillide.

Twelfth Night Handel’s Aminta e Fillide

University of California, Berkeley

Messiah from Scratch® is the most adrenaline-filled performance of Handel’s masterpiece you are ever likely to hear, and one not to be missed, with singers and audience alike leaving the concert buzzing with excitement.

Messiah from Scratch

Royal Albert Hall

The English Concert brings their magic touch to Caramoor once again. After captivating audiences with all-Vivaldi programs in 2021 and 2023, this renowned British ensemble returns under Harry Bicket’s masterful direction from the harpsichord. Playing on authentic 17th-century instruments, they achieve something truly special—passionate, fiery performances that never sacrifice precision or delicate beauty. Experience firsthand why they’re considered one of the world’s premier period-instrument ensembles. 

The English Concert

The Rosen House at Caramoor

Step into a world of elegance, artistry, and pure musical magic as the legendary Renée Fleming makes her Koerner Hall debut in a spectacular gala event - the most anticipated cultural evening of the season!

For those who seek the ultimate gala experience, an exclusive pre-concert cocktail reception and exquisite dinner set the stage for an unforgettable evening. This is the only way to secure the finest seats in Koerner Hall, offering unparalleled views and an opportunity to celebrate in the company of fellow arts patrons - all in support of The Royal Conservatory’s mission to develop human potential through leadership in music and the arts.

An Intimate Evening with Renée Fleming

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Alexander's Feast

Konservatoriets Koncertsal

Concerto Copenhagen performs Alexander's Feast together with soloists and choirs from the Royal Danish Academy of Music under the direction of Lars Ulrik Mortensen.

An emperor at the height of his power. A celebratory tribute after a great victory. And a music that enchants, moves and slowly overcomes even the strongest will.
Handel's oratorio Alexander's Feast , based on John Dryden's poem Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, is a tribute to the power of music over the human mind.

Alexander's Feast – The Power of Music

The Royal Danish Academy of Music

The musicians of Concerto Köln play with such freshness, boldness, and joy that it's hard to believe: The Cologne ensemble is celebrating its 40th birthday! To celebrate, they'll perform Handel's light-hearted opera "Flavio, Rè di Longobardi," starring the incomparable Julia Lezhneva and countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic.

Handel: Flavio, Rè de Longobardi - Anniversary Concert 40 Years of Concerto Köln

Cologne Philharmonie

Handel’s arrival in Rome in 1706 had a profound influence on his development as a composer, igniting one of the most creative periods of his career. In Rome, Handel rubbed shoulders with the greatest musicians of the age while basking in the luxuries, excesses, and patronage of the clerical aristocracy. When in Rome brings together seductive and euphoric music of this time and place.

When in Rome

All Souls' Episcopal Church/Bach Collegium San Diego

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Handel's arrival in Rome in 1706 had a profound influence on his development as a composer, igniting one of the most creative periods of his career. In Rome, Handel rubbed shoulders with the greatest musicians of the age while basking in the luxuries, excesses, and patronage of the clerical aristocracy. When in Rome brings together seductive and euphoric music of this time and place.

When In Rome

The "Grand Tour" was a traditional trip through Europe taken by young members of primarily British 18th-century gentry. Just as Rome had been the destination of pilgrims for centuries, it was the usual final stop of these rites of passage, typically those that marked when young persons of sufficient rank and means arrived at their "coming of age" in society. Accompanied by a tutor or older family member, the journey was meant to be as educational as it was enjoyable. While the primary value was found in experiencing firsthand the cultural legacy of classical antiquity and the Renaissance, it was also an opportunity to experience great art in contemporaneous cultures. While Paris and Rome were the most visited, stopovers throughout Europe were certainly a part of the travels, and for those interested in music, we imagine that Leipzig — the home of the great Johann Sebastian Bach — and Venice — a focal point of Italian music — were high on the list of hotspots.

A Grand Tour

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Saint Mark's Episcopal Church

Davis Community Church

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco

Every Wednesday during the season, DKDM opens the doors to an hour of chamber music in the city's churches and concert halls. The programs are curated by the students and range from the well-known classical repertoire to newer works with edge and sonic discovery - always framed with knowledge, perspective and personality by Associate Professor Søren Schauser.

Wednesday Concert in Tingbjerg Church

Tingbjerg Church

“Back in My Day” offers a generational 300-year history of the orchestra and western music, with pieces from the early 1700s (e.g. Handel’s Water Music) to popular movie scores of the new millennium. At the performance students will see and hear how the orchestra grew in size and sound, receive interesting facts about the composers and learn how their era and environment impacted their musical works. The finale to Haydn’s “Farewell” Symphony played by candlelight, and the KSO debut of 11-year old violinist, Harin Lee, performing the finale of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 are some of the highlights from our historical timeline that ends with John Williams NBC Sunday Night Football Theme .

Back in My Day Education Concert

7 Hills Church

We are thrilled to be collaborating with our friends at Pinchgut Opera for this Baroque celebration led by Erin Helyard, featuring star soprano Samantha Clarke.

ACO Up Close: Baroque Resonance with ACO & Pinchgut Opera

ACO On The Pier

The UK’s most popular classical music station returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a 25th anniversary musical extravaganza – Classic FM Live at 25!

Classic FM Live with Viking

Our season kicks off Jon Nakamatsu, truly a “pianists’ pianist,” performing Beethoven’s  first concerto, a work that the composer created for himself to make a splash when he left his sleepy hometown of Bonn and took up residence in big city Vienna. Beethoven’s  favorite composer was Handel, so we’ll open the season with one of the Baroque master’s indelible overtures (brought up-to-date by none other than Mozart), but it’s Papa Haydn  — Beethoven’s teacher — who gets the final say with his mighty 99th symphony.

The Classics

Yavapai College

Lauded as “everywhere sharp-edged and engaging” (New York Times), The Sebastians are a dynamic and vital ensemble specializing in music of the baroque and classical eras. They have been praised for their “well-thought-out articulation and phrasing” (Early Music Review) and “elegant string playing… immaculate in tuning and balance” (Early Music Today). For their PCMS debut, The Sebastians are joined by soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon, a PCMS favorite who is noted for her “dazzling, virtuoso singing” (Boston Globe).

The Sebastians Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano

 Benjamin Franklin Hall

Deidamia by George Frideric Handel is an opera about the Greek hero Achilles, who is in hiding to avoid being sent to fight in the Trojan War.

Deidamia

National Opera House

“In the fury of most righteous wrath!” These are the words you’ll hear set by Vivaldi in this concert of Italian baroque fervor and passion from both the Venetian and Neapolitan styles. Vibrant soprano Maya Kherani returns to Philharmonia as a muse, singing two stories of abandonment and heartbreak through the zealous music of Handel and Marcello, accompanied by both furious and tender music for strings.

Fury and Heartbreak

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

In our tumultuous modern era, the pleasures of German Baroque music offer a refined, soothing balm. Ivars Taurins conducts a program that includes Handel’s bright-hued Music for the Royal Fireworks, written for King George II to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession, as well as his stately Organ Concerto, composed for performances at Covent Garden. Telemann’s Wassermusik pays tribute to Hamburg and its river, the Elbe. Telemann portrays mythological figures like tritons and naiads before turning to the city’s “merry boat-people.” The Sinfonia in G Minor by Hasse, best known for his role in developing opera seria, stirs up a whirlwind with energetic strings.

Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks

Benaroya Hall

Oratorio in three acts on a libretto by Thomas Morell, composed in 1749 and premiered on March 16, 1750, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London.

Theodora

Opéra Comédie

Handel’s colossal work tells the story of one of the Bible’s most prominent characters, King Solomon, with each of its three acts illustrating his different qualities and exploring the theme of leadership. In Act I, the King’s devoutness and ‘marital bliss’ is celebrated “amid flowers, sweet breezes’ and nightingales’ songs”. Act 2 recognises Solomon’s great wisdom as he dramatically resolves a dispute between two women claiming to be the mother of the same child, whilst the final act highlights the splendour of Solomon’s kingdom through a lavish masque presented to the visiting Queen of Sheba.

Solomon

Southbank Centre

In Act I, the king’s devoutness and ‘marital bliss’ is celebrated ‘amid flowers, sweet breezes and nightingales’ songs’.

A program of Baroque masterworks including Ferrandini’s Il Pianto di Maria, a suite from Rameau’s Les Boréades, J. S. Bach’s Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 42, and a selection from Handel’s Water Music Suite in F Major.

Baroque masterworks

New England Conservatory

Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming draws inspiration from the vivid imagery of nature's beauty and the urgent need to protect our planet in Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene. This program seamlessly blends timeless classical works with modern compositions, reflecting our evolving relationship with the environment.

Renée Fleming, soprano

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Handel turned one of the world’s most famous love stories into one of his greatest hits. An opera, which is a dramatic love story and political thriller. When Cesare and Cleopatra met in Alexandria in BC 48 both were caught up in power struggles – he for supremacy in Rome, she for the Egyptian throne. The dramatic events taking place around them turn, in matter of seconds, into situations resulting in murder and manslaughter.

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Oper Frankfurt

“ Orlando is love in all its facets: the consuming jealousy that leads to madness, the painful acceptance of rejection, the happy couple… but ultimately rather bland. Handel excels at expressing extreme emotions, and Orlando’s mad scene is one of the greatest moments in his work, written for the famous castrato Senesino. Like Bajazet’s scene in Tamerlano, it’s an absolutely gripping explosion of fury and despair.
What also makes this production special is Jeanne Desoubeaux’s ingenious staging, which brings an unexpected freshness thanks to the presence of children. She reinvents the da capo aria by creating a lively narrative, avoiding any static repetition – a real success!
And then there’s this new cast: young talents who bring a fresh vocal color and allow us to rediscover the work in a new light.” Giving new voices a chance is in the DNA of Les Talens Lyriques, and I can't wait to see what this energy will create on stage.

Orlando

Grand Theatre of the City of Luxembourg

Caen Theatre

Lorraine National Opera

Emotions run wild as Handel’s soaring score comes to life with the H+H Orchestra and Chorus, making “the past the living present” (Opera con Brio). The legendary battle of David and Goliath is just the beginning—what follows is a tragic descent fueled by jealousy and madness. Don’t miss your chance to see this titanic tale sewn together by fate and passion performed just as Handel would’ve heard it.

SAUL

Refusing to sacrifice to Venus, the young Christian Theodora will be condemned by the Romans to prostitution and will die a martyr. Far from the gallant heroism of Julius Caesar given last season, Handel finds, for this sumptuous oratorio of maturity, elegiac accents of a moving depth, magnified by Thomas Dunford and his Jupiter ensemble. Two exceptional singers and tragedians to embody this mystical drama: Lea Desandre and Avery Amereau .

Composer

George Frideric Handel

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 2, 2024 - Apr 14, 2026

Chamber Music for Winds · The Shepherd School of Music

Nov 20 - Dec 6, 2025

Partenope · London Coliseum

Nov 23 - Dec 14, 2025

Saul · Oper Köln

Nov 23 - Dec 14, 2025

2nd Castle Concert · Loh-Orchester Sondershausen

Nov 30 - Dec 5, 2025

Handel's Messiah · Music of the Baroque

Past events

4 - 7 Dec, 2025

Messiah At The Market · Edmonton Opera

4 - 6 Dec, 2025

Handel’s Messiah · The Cleveland Orchestra

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