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Handel

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    Best of 

    Classical and Opera 2023: looking ahead to the best music

    Classical and Opera 2023: looking ahead to the best music

    Stirring opera with world-class artists, the powerful music of home and exile, and fun for children

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    Classical Music 

    Royal Albert Hall stages Handel's Messiah

    Handel's Messiah, Royal Albert Hall

    On 14 Dec 22

    A highlight of its Christmas programme, the Royal Albert Hall stages a traditional performance of Handel's Messiah, with an exciting array of names performing

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    Opera 

    Messiah: London Christmas performances 2022

    Messiah: London Christmas 2022 performances of Handel's oratorio

    The Christmas story is told in grand choruses and virtuosic solos, sung by the finest artists and with thrilling instrumental playing

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    Opera 

    Alcina, Royal Opera House review

    Alcina, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    08 Nov 22 – 26 Nov 22

    A glamorous and witty new production of Handel's opera is a great all-round theatrical experience

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  • Essential

    Immersive 

    Handel's Messiah: The Live Experience

    Handel's Messiah: The Live Experience

    On 06 Dec 22

    A highly dramatic new approach to this much-loved work has dance, movement and lighting to bring the Christmas story to life

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    Best Concerts and Opera in October

    Best Concerts and Opera in October

    Marking the arrival of autumn in music, two 50th anniversary concerts, and an exciting conducting debut

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    Opera 

    Best Covent Garden opera this autumn

    Best Covent Garden opera this autumn

    Handel, Verdi and Puccini masterpieces are not to be missed, with two new productions and a top-cast revival. Booking opens 10AM, Wed 27 July

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Alcina, Glyndebourne Festival Opera review

    Alcina, Glyndebourne Festival Opera review ★★★★★

    02 Jul 22 – 24 Aug 22

    Handel's opera of magic and transformation is staged with showbiz dazzle-dazzle

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2023

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2023

    19 May 23 – 27 Aug 23

    New productions of Handel, Mozart and Poulenc, plus revivals of Donizetti, Stravinsky and Britten in a star-studded summer season

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  • In the Know

    Best of 

    BBC Proms 2022: the 10 best concerts

    BBC Proms 2022: the 10 best concerts

    London premieres, much-loved classics and a host of big-name performers in the world's largest music festival. Booking opens 9AM, Sat 21 May

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    Book Now

    Opera 

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2022: dates and artists

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2022: dates and artists

    21 May 22 – 28 Aug 22

    Puccini, Handel, Poulenc, Mozart, Donizetti and a Cornish-set opera by a 20th-century pioneering British woman composer

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Theodora, Royal Opera House review

    Theodora, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    31 Jan 22 – 16 Feb 22

    An all-star cast and spectacular debut rescue a warped reading of Handel's work of faith

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Handel's Messiah: the key to Christmas music

    Handel's Messiah: the key to Christmas music

    Messiah makes an impact however it is sung. But what's so special about an oratorio written in a rush and using recycled material? Claudia Pritchard explains

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    Covent Garden Dance and Opera to book this winter

    Covent Garden Dance and Opera to book this winter

    Booking opens 16 Nov for two three-act ballets, a new family opera, plus Mozart, Handel and Puccini

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    Opera 

    Messiah, English National Opera, BBC Two

    Messiah, English National Opera, BBC Two

    On 03 Apr 21

    Handel's evergreen oratorio tells the Easter story in song, interpreted by eight soloists, chorus and orchestra

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Nadine Benjamin interview: 'You never just sing...'

    Nadine Benjamin interview: 'You never just sing...'

    The soprano on her Brixton childhood, 'silent' music and renewed energy as live music resumes

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Opera at Covent Garden 2021-22

    Opera at Covent Garden 2021-22

    The Royal Opera House reveals nine months of music, including five new productions, nine revivals, and discoveries in the Linbury Theatre

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    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, JS Bach and Handel's Messiah, performed by top artists and streamed from London churches and concert halls

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  • In the Know

    Best of 

    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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