Seattle Symphony's "Messiah" this year is a winning combination of vocal excellence and imaginative interpretation, led by ...

One way or another, Handel’s Messiah these days is as omnipresent ... he would steal a few arias from the first soprano and slip them to the second. To further befuddle historians, Handel ...

“Messiah” opened with the orchestra — only 18 strong ... Leontis’ brilliance shone particularly in the soprano aria, “Rejoice gently, O daughter of Zion.” Stout reduced the accompaniment to solo ...

Vocal soloists are soprano Evangelia Leontis ... to get a low-C extension for his double bass because there’s one movement in “Messiah,” one of the dark bass arias which talks about the shadow of ...

A chorus sings Handel’s Messiah during rehearsal for the Hilo SingAlong event at the Church of the Holy Cross in Hilo on Dec.

Vocal soloists are soprano Lillian Broderick ... The community orchestra and chorus will perform the entire Part I (Christmas) of “Messiah,” with arias and choral numbers that contemplate the idea of ...

Every year about this time, Twin Cities classical music lovers — and, in particular, those who make a holiday tradition of experiencing George Frideric Handel’s 1742 oratorio “Messiah” — divide ...