Name: Handel’s Messiah
Start: 2023-12-14
End: 2023-12-14
Location: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Organization

Conductor

Laurence Equilbey

Singer

Soprano

Robin Johannsen

Countertenor

Christopher Lowrey

Tenor

Aaron Sheehan

Jonathon Adams

Baritone

Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra

Chorus master

Jason Max Ferdinand

Others

University of Maryland Concert Choir

Bass

Handel’s Messiah

Washington D.C.

United States

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Public

Messiah HWV 56

Approved

Washington, D.C.’s favorite holiday tradition returns! Laurence Equilbey makes her much-anticipated debut conducting the NSO, the University of Maryland Concert Choir, and an all-star lineup of soloists in Handel’s greatest oratorio celebration. Composed in 1741, Messiah is as potent today as it was more than 280 years ago, inspiring joy and wonder from both first-time listeners and those who return every year.
Washington, D.C.’s favorite holiday tradition returns!

Laurence Equilbey makes her much-anticipated debut conducting the NSO, the University of Maryland Concert Choir, and an all-star lineup of soloists in Handel’s greatest oratorio celebration. Composed in 1741, Messiah is as potent today as it was more than 280 years ago, inspiring joy and wonder from both first-time listeners and those who return every year.

One of the outstanding choral conductors of her generation, Equilbey is the founder and musical director of esteemed Paris-based chamber choir Accentus and the Insula orchestra.

English

Handel’s Messiah by Händel, Thu 14 Dec 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor Laurence Equilbey, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., United States

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

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