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Handel's Messiah

0% | Nov 20, 2014 | Documentary, History, Music, TV Movie

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.

Featured Crew

Scott Swofford
Executive Producer
Derek Marquis
Executive Producer

Cast

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Jane Seymour
Narrator
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Alan Mitchell
George Frederic Handel
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Julianna Pirillo
Susannah Cibber
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Simon Hedger
Charles Jennens
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Alexander Fuchs
Young Handel

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