He was born in Halle an der Saale: The baroque composer Georg Friedrich Handel is considered a superstar of his time. Fans of his music still adore him to this day – and make pilgrimages to concerts.
Halle (dpa/sa) – The 100th Handel Festival in Halle is three weeks before the finale. As the artistic director announced, there are a number of highlights in the program up to the final concert on Sunday evening. This includes other premieres and concerts. In addition to the opera in Halle, the venues include the historic Goethe Theater in Bad Lauchstädt and the Carl Maria von Weber Theater in Bernburg (Salzlandkreis), as a spokesman said. The Handel Festival began on May 27 with the premiere of the opera “Orlando”.
The end of the baroque music festival on Sunday evening in Halle in the open air is the traditional concert in the romantic setting of the Galgenberg Gorge. The day before (Saturday), the open-air concert “Bridges to Classics” is on the program, which is designed as a connection between classical and modern music.
The music festival in the birthplace of the composer Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, and was then offered to music fans in 2021 with a digital offer. Before the pandemic, tens of thousands of visitors and musicians from all over the world came to Halle every year for the classical music festival.
Handel was born in Halle on February 23, 1685. After stations in Italy, for example, he lived mostly in London, where he died on April 14, 1759. According to experts, Handel was a superstar in his day. To this day, Handel’s music is valued, performed and further researched around the world. The baroque composer’s famous opera and oratorio works include the church music piece “Messiah” and also the entertaining “Fireworks Music” and “Water Music”.
