Handel’s ‘Messiah’
A free screening of Handel’s “Messiah” will take place tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Guild Hall. Christopher Hogwood, a noted English conductor and musicologist, conducts the performance by the Academy of Ancient Music and the Choir of Westminster Abbey of Handel’s most well-known and beloved oratorio. The recording takes advantage of Westminster Abbey’s fine acoustics and architectural splendor.
On Saturday at noon, Guild Hall will present an encore screening of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” as part of its ongoing series The Met: Live in HD. The six-hour epic comedy, conducted by James Levine, tells the story of a group of Renaissance master singers whose song contest unites the city of Nuremburg in the 16th century.
Michael Volle, Johan Botha, and Annette Dash head the international cast. Tickets are $22, $20 for members, and $15 for students.