Davide Livermore’s high-octane production transforms Handel into a lavish blockbuster. While the superstars shine, the relentless entertainment-first approach often sacrifices musical refinement and ...
To director Orpha Phelan, Handel’s Tamerlano can pose problems for modern audiences. When it premiered in 1724 the stories of Tamerlane the Tartar and his Ottoman rival Bayezid I would have been well ...
They will be joined by the Cotswold Chamber Orchestra and conductor Will Dawes.
Stars join Burford Singers for music of Handel music in Oxfordshire church ...
San Diegans may think they know the opera “Carmen,” but the San Diego Opera production of Georges Bizet’s tragedy that opened ...
Tamerlano, tyrannical Emperor of the Tartars, is a burger-munching boor with a golf-habit, a bulbous belly and a crashing ...
Susannah,' from composer Carlisle Floyd who had deep Houston ties, will open the 2026-27 season that also includes 'Aida' and ...
Cambridge Handel Opera Company capture the self-referential charm of this mid-career novelty operetta ...
Harry Bicket and the English Concert presented the composer’s highly theatrical but little-known 1745 oratorio in an uneven ...
Bennett Tucker on Handel’s “La resurrezione,” performed by the Barrocada collective, at St John’s Anglican Church, Haifa, ...
Rinaldo, at the Royal Academy of Music, is an enjoyable evening of opera suitable for those interested in early exposure to ...
From Castle of Our Skins' sound portraits to Boston Lyric Opera's delightful sounding "Daughter of the Regiment," WBUR critic ...