Handel and Haydn Society to Present ‘Messiah,’ Launches ‘CitySing’ Program

The Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) will present Händel’s ‘Messiah’ at Symphony Hall starting on November 29, 2024. The production, which will run through Dec. 1 will feature period instruments and soloists including soprano Jeanine De Bique, countertenor Reginald Mobley, tenor Nicholas Phan, and baritone Sumner Thompson. The company also revealed the introduction of  “CitySing,” a new initiative conceived by {…}

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

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 {…}

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: Julius Caesar

(Photo: Eric Woolsey) For their 2024 mainstage summer festival season, Opera Theatre Saint Louis (OTSL) paired two fixtures in top-ten performance frequency, “The Barber of Seville” and “La Bohème,” with two exciting, less offered menu items. Philip Glass’s “Galileo Galilei” (2002) received just its fourth staging anywhere, while George Frideric Händel’s operatic capolavoro, “Julius Caesar” (“Giulio Cesare in Egitto,” 1724) {…}

Soprano Yukie Sato to Headline Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s ‘Handel’s House’

(Photo by Asami Nakano) The Australia Brandenburg Orchestra will feature soprano Yukie Sato in its “Handel’s House” concert series. The program for the series will feature arias by Händel from “Partenope” and “Alcina” as well as Pisendel’s Violin Concerto in D major, JunP 1.7. “I’m excited to collaborate with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra on such a great program of arias, {…}