The notion of performing one of Handel’s oratorios as an opera may strike some as strange. But that is exactly how the Baltimore Choral Arts Society presented Handel’s “Samson” in two performances ...

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Samson, HWV 57 (Sung in German), Act I: Act I: Chorus: Awake the trumpet's lofty sound! (Chorus) Samson, HWV 57 (Sung in German), Act I: Act I: Total eclipse! No sun, no moon! (Samson) Samson, HWV 57 ...

BRATTLEBORO >> This spring Susan Dedell, marking her 25th year as the director of the Brattleboro Concert Choir, takes a fresh look at Georg Frederic Handel's great oratorio, Samson, to be performed ...

Samson HWV 57, Act I, Scene 1: I. Recitative. "This Day, a Solemn Feast to Dagon Held" Samson HWV 57, Act I, Scene 1: II. Chorus. "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound!" Samson HWV 57, Act I, Scene 1: III.

Lasting over four hours in total, Handel's oratorio Samson was undoubtedly one of the International Festival's lengthier events. Yet, in the high-powered performance of it by Edinburgh-based Dunedin ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Handel’s portrait of Samson is one of the most memorable in all his oratorios. This version of the biblical ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. On March 4, 2014 at 8:00pm at Alice Tully Hall, British conductor and early ...

Handel created two oratorio masterpieces in 1741, but only one, “Messiah,” gets performed regularly. The other, “Samson,” garnered a 20th-century publicity hit when Kiri Te Kanawa sang its concluding ...