Rachel Redmond and Iestyn Davies in the Barbican's concert staging of Orlando - Mark Allan Magic and madness dominate Orlando. Handel’s masterly 1733 opera was the first of three, followed by Alcina ...

Iestyn Davies is that rare breed of countertenor who refuses to be pigeonholed into any one particular musical niche, is as happy on the concert platform as he is on the operatic stage, and has ...

Fancy an exciting evening of Baroque music this summer? Better call Saul. Among Handel’s dramatic works it’s probably best known as the one with the Dead March; yet it is not an opera, it’s an ...