George Frideric Handel News

The North Carolina Symphony invites music lovers of all ages to put their best boot forward for a swashbuckling fun time at the Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series.

The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) presents the fully staged North American premiere of Steffani's opera, Niobe, Regina di Tebe as the centerpiece of the June 2011 Festival, with five (5) performances from June 12 to 19, at the Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College (219 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, USA) followed by two (2) performances in the Berkshires at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, USA) on June 24 and 25.

The North Carolina Symphony invites music lovers of all ages to put their best boot forward for a swashbuckling fun time at the Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series.

The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) presents the fully staged North American premiere of Steffani's opera, Niobe, Regina di Tebe as the centerpiece of the June 2011 Festival, with five (5) performances from June 12 to 19, at the Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College (219 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, USA) followed by two (2) performances in the Berkshires at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, USA) on June 24 and 25.

On March 25, 2010, General Director Brian Dickie announced Chicago Opera Theater's (COT) 2011 Spring Festival Season: the Midwest Premiere of Tod Machover's Death and the Powers, the Chicago Premiere of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Medea (Médée), and 'HE/SHE' featuring Leoš Janá?ek's The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Zápisník zmizelého) and Robert Schumann's A Woman's Love and Life (Frauenliebe und Leben).

From July 5 to 25, 2011, the 63rd season of Festival d'Aix-en-Provence will offer six new opera and musical theater productions including two world premieres; a concert series featuring symphonic works, chamber music and recitals; and the programs of the 14th Academie Europeenne de Musique.

Brian Dickie announced the Chicago Opera Theater (COT) season for 2012, his last season as General Director.

On Wednesday February 23, 2011 at 8 p.m. in Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium, Musica Sacra-heralded by the New York Daily News as "easily the best chorus in this city, if not in the country"- performs Handel's extraordinary biblical oratorio, Israel in Egypt.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2011-12 season will feature the world's leading singers, conductors, and stage directors in seven new productions, including a world premiere, a Met premiere, and the first complete performances of a new Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Lepage.

On Wednesday February 23, 2011 at 8 p.m. in Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium, Musica Sacra-heralded by the New York Daily News as "easily the best chorus in this city, if not in the country"- performs Handel's extraordinary biblical oratorio, Israel in Egypt.

For over 45 years, Musica Sacra has delighted audiences with its annual performances of Handel's Messiah.

For over 45 years, Musica Sacra has delighted audiences with its annual performances of Handel's Messiah.

The 2010-2011 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center will offer its first time ever Cyber Monday event on Monday, November 29, 2010.

For over 45 years, Musica Sacra has delighted audiences with its annual performances of Handel's Messiah.

Conducted by CSO chorus master Ronald J. Jenkins, the Columbus Symphony ushers in the holidays with the Columbus Symphony Chorus and several celebrated soloists in Messiah, one of the most popular works in Western choral literature and one of Handel's most famous works.

The 2010-2011 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center will offer its first time ever Cyber Monday event on Monday, November 29, 2010.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Academy Award-winner Meryl Streep presented the 2010 Mayor's Awards for Arts & Culture on Monday, November 8, to five individuals and organizations in celebration of their outstanding contributions to New York City's cultural life.

Conducted by CSO chorus master Ronald J. Jenkins, the Columbus Symphony ushers in the holidays with the Columbus Symphony Chorus and several celebrated soloists in Messiah, one of the most popular works in Western choral literature and one of Handel's most famous works.

Musica Sacra is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 season of four programs featuring the acclaimed Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra and a stellar cast of internationally acclaimed soloists under the leadership of Music Director Kent Tritle.

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, the Columbus Symphony's newly appointed music director, returns to the podium to conduct "Best of the Baroque" program at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.) on Friday and Saturday, October 22 and 23, at 8pm daily.