Film
Handel's Messiah
2014 · 1h 19m · Documentary · History · Music
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Overview
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
Narrator
Alan Mitchell
George Frederic Handel
Julianna Pirillo
Susannah Cibber
Simon Hedger
Charles Jennens
Alexander Fuchs
Young Handel
Kirby Bolick
Robert Jennens
Crew
- Lee GrobergDirector
- Mitch DavisWriter
- Mark N. GoodmanEditor · Producer · Director of Photography
- Derek MarquisExecutive Producer
- Scott SwoffordExecutive Producer
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 20, 2014
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Documentary, History, Music, TV Movie
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