Handel Festival, Halle

Handel Festival
GenreMusic mostly by G. F. Handel
Frequencyannual
Location(s)Halle an der Saale, many locations
Inaugurated1922 (1922)
Websitewww.haendelfestspiele.halle.de/en/festspiele/

The Handel Festival (in German: Händel-Festspiele) in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt, is an international music festival concentrating on the music of George Frideric Handel in the composer's birthplace. It was founded on May 25, 1922 and it grew into a center of Handel studies and performance in Europe. Especially Handel's operas have been staged regularly, some of them as first revivals.

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