King Belshazzar features prominently in the Old Testament's Book of Daniel, namely during the infamous Belshazzar feast. According to the Bible, Belshazzar hosted a grand feast for the lords and ...

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When almost 6,000 people in central London settle down to hear an obscure, three-hour baroque oratorio, it can only mean two things: that the Proms are in full swing and that the composer is Handel.

Which is a shame, because it’s a rare delight these days to see Christie perform in London with the group that played such an important part in reviving the fortunes of the early music movement. While ...

But as a fully-staged piece, as The Grange Festival’s director Michael Chance reminded us after Saturday’s performance, Handel’s story of the fall of Babylon, the triumph of the Persian leader Cyrus, ...

After a deeply moving, finely sung Le nozze di Figaro and a gloriously staged, superbly cast Falstaff, this production of one of Handel’s finest oratorios confirms The Grange Festival as the star of ...