Handel's Messiah

1h 19min

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.

Cast

Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour

Narrator
Alan Mitchell

Alan Mitchell

George Frederic Handel
Julianna Pirillo

Julianna Pirillo

Susannah Cibber
Simon Hedger

Simon Hedger

Charles Jennens
Alexander Fuchs

Alexander Fuchs

Young Handel
Kirby Bolick

Kirby Bolick

Robert Jennens

Release date

20th Nov 2014

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English