“It was written (in 1741) to be performed during Lent when the opera houses were shut down,” explained the Rev. Justin Addington, minister of music at First Baptist Church. Composed by Handel in just ...

George Frideric Handel (at age 64 in 1749) produced works, including Messiah that dazzled even the musical titans who would succeed him. AGE Fotostock George Frideric Handel's Messiah was ...

It's "Messiah," by German-British opera composer George Frideric Handel. "It has been in near continuous performance from 1742, when it premiered, all the way up to the present," said author ...

famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel through holiday-time renditions of the Messiah's 'Hallelujah' chorus or his ...

DURBAN - Handel's Messiah is making a triumphant return this April 20th at the Playhouse Opera Theatre. These guys, along ...

Created in association with London's Royal Ballet and Opera and San Francisco Opera ... Wilson's mesmerizing vision of the beloved Messiah, composed by Handel and arranged by Mozart.

Robertson said in decades past, when students turned 16-years old in the Smoky Valley, they were finally old enough to participate in the choir. “It used to be a big right of passage to come and sing ...

George Frideric Handel wrote his beloved oratorio Messiah in a three-week burst of intense activity during the fall of 1741. While legend declares that this accelerated fervor resulted from divine ...

As Houston Grand Opera embarks on its new season ... during which he will conduct Puccini’s “Il trittico” and Handel’s “Messiah.” Here is a rundown of what’s in store for HGO ...

George Frederic Handel can be considered one of the greatest composers of all time based simply on his “Messiah.” But, in ...

Summers, conceding that not everyone would call Messiah an opera since it does not have a ... the work of two of his favorite composers: Handel's composition with an arrangement by Mozart.