“Messiah” is performed in churches ... turned to the King James Bible for inspiration. In a departure, the libretto had no storyline or characters of note and “only one episode that could ...

It was written about a year after the London premiere of Handel's great oratorio 'Messiah', for which Jennens had supplied the libretto. Jennens had been unhappy with some of the music Handel had ...

“Messiah” (April 17 – May 3 ... Figaro is up to his old tricks in this production of Rossini’s romcom opera (libretto by ...