By George Frideric Handel
30 Aug
Acis and Galatea remains one of his most popular and enduring operas, with passion filled arias such as I rage, I melt, I burn.
Staatsoper Stuttgart
4 - 5 Sep
Bach's music offers a promise of redemption while the cast build an intricate and detailed picture of day to day life.
28 - 29, 31 Aug
Göttingen International Handel Festival re-imagine Admeto's classical Greek world as the world of the Japanese samurai.
By Brian Friel
31 - 1 Aug, 3 - 5 Sep
An extraordinary chance encounter between two of Chekhov's lost souls. As we follow their sometimes stilted conversation, we slowly discover the fate of both their families.
18 Aug
Alexei Ogrintchouk, a young oboist blazing a trail around the world, makes his Festival debut.
5 Sep
Four great musicians come together to bring Festival audiences music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel.
27 Aug
Exceptional fortepianist Andreas Staier performs a selection of pieces by Clementi, Schubert, Schumann and the Irish composer and pianist John Field.
31 Aug
The esteemed Arditti Quartet embarks on a musical journey from Beethoven through seminal works by Webern and Schoenberg to contemporary masterpieces by Ligeti and Dutilleux.
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