Discover Handel’s Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music. While Italian opera set the standard in the Baroque era, German composer George Frederic Handel quickly gained popularity for his oratorios, which put operatic techniques to work in the service of sacred [...]
Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni. In this breathtaking course, you'll get to know the music of two beautiful operas — both in their spellbindingartistry and colorful histories.
