Vibrant baroque music sounds especially good in the acoustics of Olavinlinna. We experience delicacy and richness at the same time, a bit like the fluffy wigs of the courtiers, or like macarons.

Il diluvio universale

Olavinlinna

Paul McCartney? The Beatle? Composer of an oratorio? Of course! In 1991, McCartney composed this large-scale choral work, which premiered in Liverpool Cathedral that same year. To kick off the season and under the direction of Christopher Ward, members of the opera ensemble, together with the Aachen Opera Choir and the Aachen Symphony Choir, will perform this extraordinary work in the spa park.

Kurpark Classix - »To Liverpool«

Kurpark

What began in 2023 with a concert performance of »Das Rheingold« and continued in 2024 with »Die Walküre« and now with »Siegfried« is no less than a redefinition of standards in Wagner interpretation. The project »The Wagner Cycles« is dedicated to a unique collaboration between academic expertise and practice, tackling Richard Wagner’s monumental opera tetralogy. In Dresden and on tour through Europe’s musical centers, the results of this spectacular sound workshop and the historically informed perspective on Wagner’s epoch-making theatrical oeuvre have been celebrated as revolutionary. In the third part of the »Ring«, »Siegfried», depictions of nature and the visceral portrayals of action reveal Wagner at the height of his expressive musical powers. As in previous years, the newly-won transparent orchestra sound and the focus on the singers’ treatment of language will ensure novel listening experiences.

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Richard Wagner: »Siegfried«

Kulturpalast Dresden

Lucerne Festival

Never has the creation of the world been captured in music in a more vivid and exciting way: Joseph Haydn's entire compositional artistry, skill, and innovative power flowed into his creation. It reflects the ideas of the Enlightenment, whose focus is no longer God, but rather humanity as a mature being. While influences from Handel are evident musically, Haydn's orchestral treatment already reaches into 19th-century realms. With this concert, Josep Vila i Casañas assumes his position as the new Chief Conductor of the MDR Radio Choir.

Creation

Gewandhaus

Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and international stars Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen and Heidi Stober in our first performances of Gluck’s emotionally charged Orfeo ed Euridice. Follow Orfeo’s desperate journey to the underworld as he battles fate to rescue his beloved Euridice, armed with nothing but his voice. With soaring arias like “Che farò senza Euridice,” dramatic choruses, and famous instrumental music including “Dance of the Blessed Spirits,” will music—and love—conquer all?

Gluck—Orfeo ed Euridice

Harris Theater

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie

His era's enthusiasm for the oratorio genre also inspired Antonín Dvořák, who significantly advanced the national tone poem in this genre. The plot of The Ghost Bride is taken from a popular ballad by the Czech poet Karel Jaromír Erben: A pious girl longs to be reunited with her lover, who was lost in the war. Having fallen in battle, the latter seeks her out as an undead bridegroom and attempts to lead the bride to eternal damnation. Seemingly on her way to him, she is gradually forced to discard all signs of her faith. But in the end, her faith prevails and saves her from the realm of the dead.

Love & Damnation

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

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.

handel’s messiah

Lensic Performing Arts Center

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.

Handel's Messiah

Symphony Center

The trumpet shall sound. Join the CSO, the May Festival Chorus and an all-star cast of soloists for Handel’s Messiah. Music Director Cristian Mӑcelaru conducts one of his most cherished works, featuring joyful movements like the famous Hallelujah Chorus that have become forever and ever holiday traditions. This is the Messiah experience of the season!

Handel’s Messiah

Cincinnati Music Hall

Our annual tradition of celebration of this timeless classic! Featuring Boston Baroque favorites soprano Amanda Forsythe, mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy, tenor Thomas Cooley, and Baritone Roderick Williams.

New England Conservatory

Handel’s great oratorio Messiah springs to life by way of the fruitful collaboration of Charles Jennens’ carefully conceived libretto and Handel’s supreme skill as a composer of the theatre. BCSD’s performance of Messiah, delivered by a dynamic cast in the manner of Handel’s dramatic operas, has become one of its crown jewels.

G.f. Handel: Messiah Hwv 232

St. Matthew's Parish School

First United Methodist Church of San Diego

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

George Frideric Handel’s Messiah was an instant classic soon after its 1742 premiere and has been a holiday tradition around the world ever since. Through a dramatic series of arias, recitatives, and choruses, Handel offers a musical meditation on Christ’s birth, life, and resurrection—and his message of redemption. Jane Glover leads the SF Symphony and Chorus in this perennial favorite.

Davies Symphony Hall

Handel’s Messiah is the undisputed favorite of the holiday season, featuring the Syracuse University Oratorio Society and spectacular soloists at beautiful Most Holy Rosary Church.

Messiah

Church of the Most Holy Rosary

Christmas is a busy time for everyone – including a composer like Johann Sebastian Bach in the 1730s. Not only is he responsible for all the music in Leipzig's churches and for teaching the students at the associated school – he also has to write new music for the many holidays. And in the midst of a daily routine that would have caused most people stress in a single week, Bach writes some of the greatest masterpieces of Western civilization.

The Christmas Oratorio

Maribo Cathedral

Church of Our Lady Copenhagen

St. Mary's Church Helsingør

JS Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is one of the choral masterpieces of the Baroque era. Originally intended to be performed over six days between Christmas and Epiphany, Parts one, two, three and six explore the Birth of Jesus, the annunciation to the shepherds, and the adoration of the shepherds.

Christmas Oratorio

Saffron Hall

The oratorio is about the entire life of the Messiah. About the expectation of his coming, about his presence on Earth – the story of his suffering – about his death and his salvation of mankind.

Aalborg Central Waterfront

Featuring a stellar cast of vocal soloists, American Bach’s celebrated holiday tradition of performing Handel’s Messiah in San Francisco’s historic Grace Cathedral perennially provides a treasured December holiday event to capacity audiences. American Bach’s performances of Handel’s timeless work have become an essential part of the musical year for many music lovers and have attracted audiences of more than 50,000 from around the world.

Handel's Messiah in Grace Cathedral

Grace Cathedral

Heavenly choirs, blaring trumpets and thundering timpani! Experience a grand and heartfelt Christmas atmosphere when the 100-year-old Radio Choir rounds off its anniversary year together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and brilliant soloists in Johann Sebastian Bach’s timeless Christmas Oratorio under the direction of chief conductor Kaspars Putninš.

Il diluvio universale

Savonlinna Opera Festival

Kurpark Classix - »To Liv...

Sinfonieorchester Aachen

Richard Wagner: »Siegfrie...

Dresdner Musikfestspiele

Creation

MDR-Sinfonieorchester

Gluck—Orfeo ed Euridice

Music of the Baroque

Love & Damnation

MDR-Sinfonieorchester

Handel at the Cathedral

Peoria Symphony Orchestra

handel’s messiah

The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus...

Handel's Messiah

Music of the Baroque

Handel’s Messiah

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Handel's Messiah

Boston Baroque

G.f. Handel: Messiah Hwv ...

Bach Collegium San Diego

Handel’s Messiah

San Francisco Symphony

Messiah

The Syracuse Orchestra

The Christmas Oratorio

Copenhagen Phil

Christmas Oratorio

Britten Sinfonia

Handel's Messiah

Aalborg Symfoniorkester

Handel's Messiah in Grace...

American Bach Soloists

Bach's Christmas Oratorio...

Swedish Radio Choir

Bach's Christmas Oratorio...

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra