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Handel’s Solomon at the Elbphilharmonie

Lena Sutor-Wernich © Alciro Theodoro Da Silva
In Hamburg, George Petrou’s Göttingen presentation of Solomon weaves regal authority and tender humanity into a vivid exploration of justice’s timeless complexity. 
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A triumph of time over disillusion at the Handel Festival, Göttingen

Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno © Theodoro Da Silva
Handel's 1707 allegorical Italian oratorio is brought to stunning life by a brilliant quartet of singers and the impeccable FestspielOrchester Göttigen under festival director George Petrou. 
*****
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It's all Greek at Göttingen: George Petrou conducts Handel's Hercules

Andreas Wolf © Int Händel-Festspiele Göttingen | Alciro Theodoro da Silva
At the Göttingen Handel Festival, Handel's English oratorio features a choice array of soloists in a more than satisfactory outing under artistic director George Petrou. 
****1
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A triumphant return to live performance at Göttingen

George Petrou and the FestspielOrchester Göttingen receive a rapturous reception in the opening concert of the resurrected International Handel Festival at Göttingen.
*****
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Rodelinda returns to the Göttingen Handel Festival

Handel's Rodelinda comes to Göttingen a year after the planned centennial anniversary event, but is worth the wait with respect to musical values led by conductor Laurence Cummings with Anna Dennis in the title role.
****1
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Christophe Dumaux Gala at Handel Festival, Göttingen

Countertenor Christophe Dumaux completely dazzles with a recital of a well-chosen range of Handel arias in Göttingen's Gala concert in the 2019 Handel festival

****1
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