Beyond Messiah: Handel (and Bach) Resound for the Holidays
In December, concert halls and churches ring with beautiful baroque music performances.
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In December, concert halls and churches ring with beautiful baroque music performances.
The soprano is currently leading the Julie Taymor production of The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera.
Jay Nordlinger on the “Christmas Oratorio” at Carnegie Hall.
An historic recording of golden age tenor Richard Tucker singing “Sound an Alarm” from Handel’s JUDAS MACCABEUS” set the tone for the Richard Tucker Foundation’s Gala concert at Carnegie Hall. There was wonderful singing ahead of us—but of a certain kind. Like many other classical organizations, the Tucker Foundation, has found that, as Charles Dickens said in “A Tale of Two Cities,” “It was the best of times, the worst of times.” The “best” is for the quality of the singers that the foundation has supported through varying kinds of grants. The “worst”? Money from t...
Brilliantly sung but emotionally threadbare, David Alden’s production for the Met is carried by the music.