Shirley Handel, 93, passed away in Poughkeepsie on June 18 after a brief illness. Shirley was a Hudson Valley native of Dutch ancestry dating to the mid-1600's. She was a graduate of Stanford ...

A popular ice cream franchise will soon make its Illinois debut in Chicago's suburbs. Ohio-based ice cream franchise Handel's Ice Cream signed a multi-unit agreement to open its first stores in ...

This whimsical and witty take on the historic love story is an apt tribute to the Grange Festival’s departing artistic director Telegraph Opera Critic, Nicholas Kenyon, is an author and academic, and ...

Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream is entering a new phase of growth under CEO Jennifer Schuler, who says the 80-year-old brand is focused on balancing expansion with long-standing tradition. Schuler, who ...

Cambridge Handel Opera Company capture the self-referential charm of this mid-career novelty operetta Any opera with two pairs of young lovers inevitably gets compared to Così fan tutte. But in the ...

The annual Carnegie Hall visit of Harry Bicket and the English Concert, the superb period-instrument orchestra, is a required date for Handel opera fans. On Sunday, the ensemble presented “Hercules” ...

When Dr Johnson described opera as “an exotic and irrational entertainment”, he was taking aim at works sung in Italian, for English audiences. Handel epitomised everything that Johnson was ...

Ahead of the London Handel Festival, Nicholas Kenyon tells you everything you need to know about the composer’s life and works Telegraph Opera Critic, Nicholas Kenyon, is an author and academic, and ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

Every December, choirs from around the world come together to perform Messiah by 18th-century composer George Frideric Handel. In Australia, there is at least one performance in most capital cities.

Meet the unlikely characters who defined this musical classic. Handel’s Messiah is one of the most popular classical compositions played at the holidays. Filled with biblical passages and soaring ...