God Save the King” has never been the loveliest or most melodic of national anthems, and its somewhat chiding, aggressive ...

The last time that the composer Heather Christian’s “Oratorio for Living Things” appeared on a New York stage, it was spring ...

Critic Lloyd Schwartz tells a story about Lezhneva, a Russian singer he "discovered" a few months ago — without realizing he already owned a 2015 recording of her rendition of Handel's early oratorio.

Music lovers will have the opportunity to experience a unique pairing of classical tradition and modern reflection when the ...

The Rochester Oratorio Society kicked off its 80th anniversary season with a special show, "Mass in Blue", featuring music by ...

Signature Theatre is presenting Oratorio For Living Things, written by Heather Christian and directed by Lee Sunday Evans.

Overall, Ear Taxi 2025’s biggest coup was successfully making the festival longer and its bookings more spread out. Instead of the crazymaking schedule of festivals past, where it was physically ...

Others have done similar things: Samson – based on Milton’s work in what he considered to be the style of Greek drama – is a text that cries out to be staged, and has been. Messiah, too, albeit that ...

The choral group Coro Lux will be joined by composer Craig Hella Johnson in two special performances of his original work Considering Matthew Shepard in New Mexico this weekend.

"San Casimiro, Rè di Polonia," an 18th-century Italian oratorio honouring Polish patron saint Casimir, was performed on Sunday at the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles in Rome. Pixabay LicenseImage by ...

South Florida Symphony Orchestra will return to inspire joy this holiday season with its beloved performances of Handel’s ...

This week on Rochester in Focus, we sat down with Maisha Beard about the 30th anniversary of Making Strides Against Breast ...