Articles tagged with: Handel
Handel’s early vengeance opera ‘Teseo’ shines amid Chicago Opera Theater’s vocal splendors
![Handel’s early vengeance opera ‘Teseo’ shines amid Chicago Opera Theater’s vocal splendors TeseoFeatured](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/TeseoFeatured-125x125.jpg)
Medea’s very, very jealous. 4 stars!
In a program of Handel arias, Iestyn Davies illuminates Baroque art of the countertenor
![In a program of Handel arias, Iestyn Davies illuminates Baroque art of the countertenor Iestyn Davies Photo: Marco Borggreve](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Iestyn-Davies-featured-image-019-credit-Marco-Borggreve-125x125.jpg)
Review: You’ve got to hand it to countertenor Iestyn Davies and conductor Harry Bicket. When they take a night off from the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where they’re performing music of George Frideric Handel, they’re in another part of town performing … George Frideric Handel. Is this love or what? ****
Handel trips back to the future as Lyric Opera proclaims the outrageous genius of ‘Rinaldo’
![Handel trips back to the future as Lyric Opera proclaims the outrageous genius of ‘Rinaldo’ RINALDO featured image Elza van den Heever, dancers, RST_2961 c. Dan Rest](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/RINALDO-featured-image-Elza-van-den-Heever-dancers-RST_2961-c.-Dan-Rest-125x125.jpg)
Not your grandfather’s Handel. 4 stars!
In Handel’s ‘Water Music,’ Labadie and Chicago Symphony provide a splash of Baroque authenticity
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What a pleasure it was Thursday night to hear Handel’s vivacious “Water Music” in the hands of a conductor who knows it so intimately that he doesn’t require a score – and who understands what charms it possesses that induced a delighted monarch to command repeated performances at its first hearing.
Light the lights! Lyric Opera stirs a musical into the mix
![Light the lights! Lyric Opera stirs a musical into the mix Lyric Opera of Chicago production of "Aida"](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Aida-production-Lyric-Opera-e1317240944156-125x125.jpg)
Eight operas for 2011-12 include new productions of “Showboat,”Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” and Handel’s “Rinaldo.” The new season opens Saturday night with Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann.”