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Ulster Touring Opera & Merry Opera Company Team Up for ‘Messiah’

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Northern Ireland’s Ulster Touring Opera and Merry Opera Company are teaming up to present Händel’s “Messiah.” The work will be directed in a reimagining by John Ramster and features 12 strangers seeking spiritual comfort. Among the soloists are Anna Gregg, Ellen Mawhinney, Valerie Wong, Rebecca Milford, Tilly Green, Samantha Lewis, Ralph Thomas Wiliams, Cameron Gergett, Glenn Tweedie, David Walsh, Ashley {…}

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The Echoing Air to Headline ‘Messiah’ Performance

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The Echoing Air and Music for Awhile will present Händel’s “Messiah” on Dec. 19, 2024. The showcase features vocalists Amy Carson, Timothy Dickinson, Frederick Long, Emily Vine, Rebecca Leggett, Edmund Hastings, and David de Winter and instrumentalists Margaret Faultless (violin), Rachel Stroud (violin), Francesca Gilbert (viola), Jonathan Rees (cello), Katie Lodge (trumpet), Oliver John Ruthven (continuo). The performance will take place at St. Mary’s {…}

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Bach Collegium Japan Continues Annual ‘Messiah’ Tradition at Suntory Hall

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With the holiday season returning, the Bach Collegium Japan has announced that it will continue its annual tradition of presenting Händel’s “Messiah” at Suntory Hall on Dec. 24, 2024. The showcase will be conducted once more by Masaaki Suzuki and features soprano Rachel Nicholls, countertenor Alexander Chance, tenor Makato Sakurada, and bass Toru Kaku. Nicholls worked with the Bach Collegium {…}

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Komische Oper Berlin 2024-25 Review: Messiah

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(Photo: Jan Windszus Photography) Ever since its premiere in 1742, George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” has been considered a work of vocal and intellectual power. All the more so when it is performed in an airport hangar, with over 350 choir members, dramatically staged, on a stage over 180 feet wide. The Komische Oper Berlin hashtags #everything extraordinary – in large {…}

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Essential Voices USA to Present Sing-Along of ‘Messiah’

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Essential Voices USA will present a sing-along performance of Händel’s “Messiah” on April 13, 2024 at Grace Church in Brooklyn, Heights. The showcase will be conducted by Judith Clurman with Paul Olson at the organ. Soloists include Elisa Singer Strom, Helen Karloski, Paul D’Arcy, and Bryan Murray. “It is my hope that the public will come and join in the {…}

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Dayton Performing Arts Alliance to Present ‘Messiah’

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Ohio’s Dayton Performing Arts Alliance will present Händel’s “Messiah” on Dec. 13, 2023. The showcase will feature Dayton’s Opera, Philharmonic, and Chamber Chorus joining forces under conductor Neal Gittleman. Soloists include Adia Evans, Tess Fackelmann, Dylan Davis, and Ben Brady. “Handel’s ‘Messiah’ is one of my earliest musical memories—or at least the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ is,”  Gittleman said in an official {…}

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National Philharmonic to Present Händel’s ‘Messiah’

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The National Philharmonic is set to present its annual “Messiah” performances, conducted by Music Director Piotr Gajewski. The performances will be held at the Strathmore and Capital One Hall. The oratorio will star soprano Aundi Marie Moore, mezzo soprano Lucia Bradford, tenor Norman Shankle, and baritone Jorell Williams alongside the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. In a statement, Gajewski said, “In {…}

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Opera Columbus to Perform Händel’s ‘Messiah’

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Opera Columbus is set to present a pub performance of Händel’s “Messiah.” In a statement, Opera Columbus General Director + CEO, Julia Noulin-Mérat said, “The holiday season is a magical time here in Columbus. And with the ‘Messiah’ having such a great history of community participation, we really felt this was a great way to get into the holiday spirit with {…}