Just about the most spectacular opera event of the season so far arrived at Carnegie Hall Sunday afternoon, with the English Concert and Harry Bicket making their annual foray into Handel territory, ...
NEW YORK — It’s no secret that classical music institutions are struggling to attract new audiences. This challenge is often on my mind, but I had something of an epiphany about it on Sunday afternoon ...
Glimmerglass Opera’s production of Handel’s “Rinaldo,” as seen on Monday, is unlike any Baroque opera audiences might hope to see. Written in 1711 with a libretto by Giacomo Rossi, the story includes ...
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Carsen’s taken the plot of Handel’s 1711 opera - his first for the London stage - and transposed it into a 20th century classroom. Rinaldo is a schoolboy with a vivid imagination, who dreams up a ...
A revival of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” this summer at Glyndebourne, an English opera festival, features three countertenors with three different sounds. By David Belcher It’s a good time to be a ...