The nation’s petulant leader is consumed by self-destructive envy. He appears to listen to reason from his children, but then he goes and does what he likes anyway. He has it in for a war hero. He ...

George Frideric Handel and countertenors are enjoying an unexpected renaissance these days. We're not just hearing the annual "Messiah" but many of the other great oratorios and operas, with high male ...

Handel’s “Saul” contains some of the composer’s most vividly dramatic writing. Set to an eminently theatrical libretto by Charles Jennens, the 1738 oratorio — a musical retelling of the story of the ...

When Fundador Morales III of Worcester lends his voice to a performance of Handel's oratorio "Saul" on Oct. 3 and 5 at Boston's Symphony Hall, he will not be alone. The Handel and Haydn Society ...

George Frideric Handel was one of the most prolific composers of his era — not that anyone today would necessarily know that. “I think part of the problem with Handel’s music today is ‘Messiah’ ...

If the Glyndebourne audience were braced for something provocative from Kosky on opening night then they were right, but for all the wrong reasons. Starting with an overture played straight, curtain ...