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George Frideric Handel: Operas
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By 1741 George Frideric Handel was a failure. Bankrupted, in great physical pain, and the victim of plots to sabotage his career, the once-great opera composer scheduled a "farewell" appearance in London in April. To the London elite, it looked like this "German nincompoop," as he was once called, was through. That summer... he composed
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Guide Note: George Frideric Handel was a Baroque composer of concerts, operas and oratorios. His most famous work is his Messiah oratorio, set to the text from the King James Bible. He was referred to by Beethoven as "the master of us all."
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Although he's most often remembered for his popular compositions "Water Music" and "Messiah," George Frideric Handel ... broke new ground in opera with his creation of the dramatic oratorio genre. As part of a comprehensive series of films celebrating the most influential European composers on record, this educational program provides an effective introduction to Handel's works while exploring his creative genius.
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), a master of Italian opera and English oratorio, was born one month before JS Bach in Halle, Germany. He was not from a musical family -his father wanted him to study law but by the time he was nine, his musical talent was so outstanding that he was allowed to study with a local organist and composer. By eleven, he was able to compose and give lessons, At 18, he set out to Hamburg where he was drawn to the renowned opera house and he became a violinist and harpsichordist in the orchestra. When he was twenty, one of his successful opera was produced.
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After recovering from his stroke, George Handel resumed composing. In 1741, he composed his last opera Deidamia. His most memorable work, Messiah, was ... composed at this time. It was first performed in Dublin and earned immediate success. When the king of England saw the performance and stood at the end, everyone else also stood. This has become a tradition at a Messiah performance, that everyone stands at the end for the Hallelujah chorus.
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There is an element of paradox about the career of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Bornin Hallé in 1685, the son of a distinguished and elderly barber-surgeon by his second wife, theyoung Handel gave up other studies in order to become a musician, working first in Hamburg at the opera, ascomposer and harpsichordist. Fromthere he moved to the source of all opera, Italy, wherehe made a name for himself as a composer and performer. Ameeting in Venice with Baron Kielmansegge led him to Hanover as Kapellmeister and from there, almostimmediately, to London, wherehe was invited to provide music for the newly established Italian opera. Itwas then, primarilyas a composer of Italian opera, thatHandel made his early reputation in England. Handelmoved to England in 1716, employedby the Dukeof Chandos, andin 1719 accepted the appointment as music director of the newly formed Royal Academy of Music.
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