This event is in the past.It took place on May 11, 2026 at Weill Recital Hall.
OperaOperaMidtown, New York
🎻"I thought the cello was breathing!"
📜Last performed here in 1878
🍷Based on John Dryden's 1697 poem
Handel's 1736 ode celebrates music's power to stir the soul. This rare Carnegie Hall performance follows Alexander the Great through joy, sorrow, love, and vengeance via Timotheus's manipulative melodies, ending in a majestic hymn to Saint Cecilia.
baroque masterpiece
grand choral work
Carnegie Hall
emotional journey
OperaOperaMidtown, New York
🎻"I thought the cello was breathing!"
📜Last performed here in 1878
🍷Based on John Dryden's 1697 poem
Handel's 1736 ode celebrates music's power to stir the soul. This rare Carnegie Hall performance follows Alexander the Great through joy, sorrow, love, and vengeance via Timotheus's manipulative melodies, ending in a majestic hymn to Saint Cecilia.
baroque masterpiece
grand choral work
Carnegie Hall
emotional journey