In this Handel News article from February 2013 Thomas Goleeke discusses the possibility that Handel met Vivaldi in Venice.
Continue reading “Handel Encounters Vivaldi”Francesca Cuzzoni – Handel’s First Roselinda
In this Handel News article from February 2011 Thomas Goleeke recounts the history of the singer Francesca Cuzzoni and her participation in Handel’s music.
Continue reading “Francesca Cuzzoni – Handel’s First Roselinda”Susanna Cibber
In this Handel News article from October 2010 Thomas Goleeke introduces the singer Susanna Maria Cibber, Thomas Arne’s younger sister who so impressed the Dean of St. Patrick’s church in Dublin when singing “He was despised” from Handel’s Messiah. “Woman, for this be all your sins forgiven!” he was heard saying.
Continue reading “Susanna Cibber”John Beard and the First Belshazzar
In this Handel News article from June 2010 Thomas Goleeke talks about singer John Beard who was the first to sing the title role in Belshazzar.
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