Review: Houston Grand Opera's visually ravishing take on Handel's 'Messiah' is a surreal wonder

The production of this oratorio from Robert Wilson is a meditative experience that conjures visions that are otherworldly.
Townhall

Many Have Heard of 'Handel's Messiah.' But Do You Know About Handel?

Its composer, George Frideric Handel, was born in 1685 in what is now Germany. Although his family discouraged him from a musical career, his astonishing natural talent proved unstoppable. Acquiring a ...
National Review

Let Us Sing of Greater Things

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Colorado Public Radio

Handel Wrote ‘Messiah’ … And Then He Composed Music About Hanukkah

Classical music fans often hear a signature piece by George Frideric Handel each December. Handel’s famous oratorio “Messiah,” and its beloved “Hallelujah” chorus, is a favorite during Christmas ...
Seattle Times

Handel’s ‘Messiah’ inspires interpretations over the years, seasons

There’s plenty of George Frideric Handel’s 1742 “Messiah” to go around in Seattle this December. Pacific MusicWorks and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra have scheduled back-to-back programs of Handel ...
Jazz

Handel's Messiah 2019

Crisp, brisk, and almost frantically presented, this Czech performance of Messiah stands as one with the greatest velocity on record, competing with both McCreesh (Archiv, 1997) and the Scholars ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Glorious History of Handel’s Messiah

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 originally ...
Tennessean

Fun facts about Handel’s 'Messiah'

A beloved Nashville holiday tradition returns Dec. 17-20, when the Nashville Symphony and Chorus perform George Frederic Handel’s stunning "Messiah" at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Full of passion, ...
The Republic

Hailing the Messiah: Handel’s masterpiece to be centerstage with Philharmonic

Sandy Zimmerman occasionally thinks that she is a listener as much as performer with the Philharmonic Chorus. “When all of those people get together and they start singing, there is nothing but ...
Jazz

George Frideric Handel and His Messiah: The Perfect Holiday Collection

George Frideric Handel and His Messiah: The Perfect Holiday Collection article by C. Michael Bailey, published on December 26, 2005 at All About Jazz. Find more Bailey's Bundles articles ...
NPR

Program Notes for Handel's Messiah

Messiah, the most famous oratorio ever written, is quite unlike Handel's other ones, let alone those by most earlier and later composers. A German who initially made his fame writing Italian operas ...