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George Frideric Handel artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
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March 6, 2013 Hear a top French chamber orchestra bring passionate life to works by Handel and Vivaldi.
May 3, 2012 Watch an intense performance by a soprano who mixes rock glam with operatic elegance.
October 15, 2010 Handel's operas are just emerging from obscurity -- like the king in Rodelinda, who fakes his death.
January 29, 2010 Handel’s early, odd-ball comedy, stars ruthless characters from ancient Rome.
October 16, 2009 Placido Domingo takes on his 126th role, as Bajazet in Handel's taught drama, Tamerlano.
August 21, 2009 In Handel's hands, a predictable string of solo arias becomes an explosion of color and variety.
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August 10, 2009 Hear the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra honor its outgoing conductor with works from three centuries.
November 14, 2008 Placido Domingo takes on his 126th role, as Bajazet in Handel's taught drama, Tamerlano.
July 25, 2008 Andreas Scholl stars in Handel's sumptuously scored love story between Cleopatra and Caesar.
May 23, 2008 Handel's Italian opera Ariodante is set in Scotland, and was premiered in England in 1735.
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November 21, 2007 The Biblical story of Belshazzar's Feast gets a musical retelling by Handel, in concert in New York.
July 27, 2007 Handel's sly comedy Imeneo comes alive in a sharp-edged production by Glimmerglass Opera.
Interviews & Profiles
February 12, 2012 NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.
December 22, 2009 Hear the composer's oratorio — which is, by any measure, the greatest choral work in English.
April 14, 2009 April 14 marks the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. Hear why his music remains vital.
April 13, 2009 In celebrating the great composer, critic Ted Libbey picks the ultimate Water Music CD.
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December 23, 2008 Hear what makes Handel's famous chorus from Messiah an all-time favorite.
December 18, 2007 Hear Handel's holiday masterpiece, as performed by one of the world's greatest orchestras.
December 23, 2006 While talking to friends, Marin Alsop realized that Handel's "Messiah" desperately needed an update.
December 7, 2004 Musicologist Richard Taruskin talks about the divergent paths of Scarlatti, Handel and Bach.
Discover Songs
November 30, 2010 In classical music, guys who sing high are countertenors. Three of the best have brand new CDs.
November 2, 2010 Conductor Nicholas McGegan wants to hear all the gossip about Handel's contemporaries — firsthand.
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December 9, 2009 Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Barone introduces 10 overlooked but excellent classical albums.
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December 4, 2009 This year's crop was strong for Russians, as well as a young generation of masterful musicians.
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December 23, 2008 Hear what makes Handel's famous chorus from Messiah an all-time favorite.
News
August 17, 2012 The Atlanta Symphony struggles, a one-handed pianist graduates and the music of John Cage continues.
July 15, 2010 Although he never opted for a glittery career, Mackerras was a favorite of fans and critics.
December 24, 2005 'Tis the season for more renditions of Handel's "Messiah" than you can shake a stick at.
Reviews
February 12, 2013 A bottomless bass sings Handel and a soaring symphony by Sibelius are among this week's picks.
March 26, 2008 The keyboardist delivers a historically informed performance worthy of Handel's 'Organ Concertos.'
More Stories
October 19, 2007 Renowned countertenor David Daniels stars as Handel's Julius Caesar, from Houston.
July 27, 2012 Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
February 29, 2012 The prescribed plots and extravagant music of Opera Seria dominated 18th-century opera.
December 16, 2011 Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon from Deceptive Cadence.
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July 1, 2011 Handel's attempt to fuse the spiritual with the profane — with his audience firmly in mind.
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May 20, 2011 How an English innovation led to the first opera to be produced in North America.
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April 8, 2011 Who knew there were story franchises in the Baroque era?
February 24, 2010 Feel better and look healthier when you exercise to these inspiring classical-music masterworks.
December 18, 2009 Handel's Italian opera Ariodante is set in Scotland, and was premiered in England in 1735.
June 26, 2009 The opera's story may be confounding, yet it's told through some of Handel's finest music.
May 1, 2009 Handel reveals his lighter side in the quirky, but richly-scored comedy, Partenope.
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February 27, 2008 Hear music that soars with inspiration from our fine-feathered friends.
