PRINCETON — The pages sit there, looking somewhat faded and fragile. Several of them contain musical staves, with notes splashed across in dark black ink. One clue as to the genius within this rare ...
As the composer of Messiah, the most famous oratorio ever written, George Frideric Handel is a giant of the classical music world. But he also wrote operas. In the early 1700s, London was crazy for ...
Handel's operas continue their slow but steady march toward the center of the repertoire, uncovering new musical riches at every step. If we have to sit through the occasional mediocre and ...