Discovered at age nine and a celebrated composer by age eighteen, George Frideric Handel experienced a meteoric rise to success, with forty-two operas performed on three continents in his lifetime. As enduring as Handel's operatic work is, the prodigious German genius is best known for his oratorio Messiah. Now you can learn in poignant detail how Handel's magnum opus came to be.
Top Cast
Jane Seymour as Narrator
Alan Mitchell as George Frederic Handel
Julianna Pirillo as Susannah Cibber
Simon Hedger as Charles Jennens
Alexander Fuchs as Young Handel
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