When I was at school our music teacher was also the organist and choir master at the local church and at the end of every ...

This is a Handel year, the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. We remember George Frideric Handel primarily for his oratorio, "Messiah," one of the greatest masterpieces in the classical canon.

Pinchgut Opera’s new realisation of Handel’s Messiah strips it back to its first scoring in 1742 – and it is an undiluted joy ...

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 ...

GROSS: Sometimes we can overlook something that's right under our noses. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz tells us a story about a singer he discovered only a few months ago without realizing he ...

Nights (and Afternoons) at the Opera / This is the fifth entry in a series examining the works that the Metropolitan Opera will present through April during its "The Met: Live in HD" series in local ...

“Opera proibita” means forbidden opera. The Catholic Church essentially banned opera during the first decade of the 18th Century in Rome, leading to the rise of the Italian oratorio. As a result, ...