Handel's Messiah

The story

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 & crew

Jane SeymourNarrator

Alan MitchellGeorge Frederic Handel

Julianna Pirillo

Julianna PirilloSusannah Cibber

Simon Hedger

Simon HedgerCharles Jennens

Alexander Fuchs

Alexander FuchsYoung Handel

Kirby Bolick

Kirby BolickRobert Jennens