Handel Festival, Halle

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 in 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.

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/
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