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Handel

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    Why British music will always be European

    Why British music will always be European

    Celebrate the musical giants who transformed British music-making with 10 of our favourite musical influencers

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Ariodante, Royal Opera House online: review

    Ariodante, Royal Opera House online: review ★★★★★

    On 20 Nov 20

    Long-awaited return to Covent Garden of Handel's fine opera, streamed with an all-star cast

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Garsington Opera 2021: comedy and passion

    Garsington Opera 2021

    Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Handel and Richard Strauss operas are planned for the summer, with dates and casts to be announced. But keep room in your diary from May to August

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    Opera 

    Giulio Cesare, Glyndebourne online

    Giulio Cesare, Glyndebourne online

    On 09 Aug 20

    Glamorous, sexy and funny, a Glyndebourne classic takes a traditional love story to new places, thanks to a scintillating production by David McVicar

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Live from Covent Garden #3, song and instrumental  review

    Live from Covent Garden #3, song and instrumental ★★★★★ review

    On 27 Jun 20

    The stars of the future light up the stage of the Royal Opera House in the third live concert, streamed to subscribers

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Live from Covent Garden: opera and song review

    Live from Covent Garden: opera and song review ★★★★★

    On 13 Jun 20

    It's not all solemnity at the first live streaming from the Royal Opera House: a cluster of songs about pets lightens the mood

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  • Preview

    Opera 

    Susanna, Royal Opera House

    Susanna, Royal Opera House & London Handel Festival review ★★★★★

    05 Mar 20 – 14 Mar 20

    Young singing stars and a glittering orchestra put a shine on a dull modern-dress staging of a rarely heard oratorio by Handel

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  • Book Now

    Best of 

    Best Easter music: London performances to inspire

    Best Easter music: London concerts and opera to uplift and inspire

    The Easter story told in song, a Handel rarity and Messiah, performed by top artists in churches and concert halls

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Gerald Barry interview: meet the 'Alice' composer

    Gerald Barry interview: meet the composer of 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground' and a Handelian romp

    Composer Gerald Barry on discovering books and music, and two forthcoming Royal Opera House productions

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2020: the top artists and dates

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2020: the top artists and dates

    Beethoven, Handel and Poulenc operas are given new productions, plus revivals

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  • We love

    Opera 

    Alcina, Glyndebourne Festival Opera

    Alcina, Glyndebourne Festival Opera

    13 Jun 20 – 06 Aug 20

    Handel's opera of magic and transformation is staged at the summer opera house for the first time, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in the pit

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    Best of 

    Best Classical and Opera 2020

    Best Classical and Opera 2020

    A bumper year for opera in both city and country houses, concerts marking 250 years of Beethoven's legacy and a chance to catch the biggest names in music today

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Best Classical Music and Opera 2019

    Best Classical Music and Opera 2019

    English National Opera got back on its feet, the Proms went from strength to strength, and the Royal Opera House season grew and grew

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Svetlana Zakharova, Modanse, Coliseum

    Svetlana Zakharova, Modanse review

    03 Dec 19 – 05 Dec 19

    The Russian superstar ballerina Svetlana Zakharova’s Modanse, now showing at Coliseum, is a double bill where high fashion meets dance and often supplants it

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  • We love

    Opera 

    Messiah: London Christmas performances

    Messiah: London Christmas performances of Handel's oratorio

    The 10 best performances that herald Christmas with compelling story-telling, grand choruses and spectacular solos sung by the finest artists

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Benjamin Hulett interview: 'We're good at training opera singers'

    Benjamin Hulett interview: 'We're good at training opera singers'

    The Royal Opera House tenor talks to Stephen Pritchard about the Messiah season, perpetual youth and getting lost backstage at Covent Garden

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    Opera 

    Agrippina, Royal Opera House review

    Agrippina, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    23 Sep 19 – 11 Oct 19

    Joyce DiDonato leads an all-star cast in Barrie Kosky's thrilling production of Handel's opera of ambition and revenge

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  • Essential

    Opera 

    Opera at Covent Garden: all the shows this season

    Opera at Covent Garden: all the shows this season

    Mozart, Handel, Britten, Donizetti – and a new opera for all the family

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  • We love

    Opera 

    Berenice review , Linbury Theatre, ROH

    Berenice review ★★★★★, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House

    27 Mar 19 – 07 Apr 19

    The triumphant return of a Handel opera to Covent Garden, after 280 years, is a tremendous curtain-raiser for the London Handel Festival

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    What to book for Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2019

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2019

    18 May 19 – 25 Aug 19

    Dvorak, Mozart, Rossini and more, plus a rarity directed by Fiona Shaw in a season that opens with a big Berlioz bang

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2019

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2019

    Stand by for the hottest tickets in opera: this season's Glyndebourne booking opens to the public on 3 March. Here are the shows to catch

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  • We love

    Opera 

    Rinaldo, Glyndebourne

    Rinaldo, Glyndebourne Festival Opera

    08 Aug 19 – 25 Aug 19

    Tongue-in-cheek interpretation of Handel's heroic opera stars counter-tenor Tim Mead and Elizabeth DeShong

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Mary Bevan interview: 'I never tire of Mozart's girls!'

    Mary Bevan interview: 'I never tire of the Mozart girls!'

    The soprano on composer Barbara Strozzi, keeping fit on stage, and her fantasy opera roles

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    Opera 

    London Handel Festival 2019

    London Handel Festival 2019

    27 Mar 19 – 29 Apr 19

    London's greatest composer was born in Germany, and given British citizenship. This month of concerts, walks and talks celebrates the enduring impact of George Frideric Handel on the capital

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  • In the Know

    Classical Music 

    1-9 Dec: Spitalfields Music Festival

    Spitalfields Music Festival 2018

    01 Dec 18 – 09 Dec 18

    Where else would Schumann, Purcell and Handel rub shoulders with Joy Division and Arcade Fire? Musical barriers come down at this sparky winter fixture

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Radamisto review , Hackney Empire

    Radamisto review ★★★★★, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire

    On 13 Oct 18

    A complex tale of tyranny, lust and betrayal is simply told through music in a stylish new production

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    New English Ballet Theatre at the Peacock Theatre

    New English Ballet Theatre, Peacock Theatre Review ★★★★★

    27 Sep 18 – 29 Sep 18

    Vivaldi and Handel provide the score to two contrasting new works brought to the Peacock Theatre by New English Ballet Theatre.

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  • Book Now

    Opera 

    6-13 Oct: English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire

    English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire

    06 Oct 18 – 13 Oct 18

    Handel and Purcell weave tales of love and duty into ethereal works staged in style by the country's premier touring company

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  • Preview

    Classical Music 

    10-25 Nov: Wimbledon International Music Festival

    Wimbledon International Music Festival 2018

    10 Nov 18 – 25 Nov 18

    A fortnight of world-class performances in small-scale venues, featuring music from Bach and Beethoven to Dixieland and Jerome Kern

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  • We love

    Best of 

    3 Sept: Top concerts in the last week of the BBC Proms

    3 Sept: Top concerts in the last week of the BBC Proms

    Let rip with the tango, be moved by Handel and Britten, then party at the tuneful Last Night

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  • Essential

    Classical Music 

    Howard Goodall interview: Brexit dims the music

    Howard Goodall interview: how Brexit turns the music down

    Composer of film, TV soundtracks and concert works talks to Claudia Pritchard about music in schools, a brand new work, and the cost to creativity of leaving the EU

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  • We love

    Classical Music 

    The ten best concerts to go to this Easter

    Easter Music to uplift and inspire: the 10 best performances

    Sacred music by JS Bach and Handel preside over Easter music programmes throughout London. Here are the best works performed by the best musicians

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