Irish Baroque Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah

The Irish Baroque Orchestra’s annual production of Handel’s Messiah with Chamber Choir Ireland has become a highlight of the December calendar. It is performed on period instruments and in full chorus so audiences can experience Handel’s much-loved work in all its original colour and splendour.

Hailed as a master of sacred and secular music, Handel’s talent of composing for voice and instrument shines through in Messiah, which Irish audiences first took to their hearts in 1742. This production is led by Peter Whelan, Artistic Director of IBO, with step-out solos from the singers of Chamber Choir Ireland.

Through a dramatic series of arias, recitatives, and choruses, Messiah tells the universal story of triumph over trial, where life’s sorrows and despairs are met with overriding hope and unbridled joy. It is Handel at his most brilliant, in a well-paced blend of aria and chorus to perfectly match the arc of the Christian story.

As one of the greatest oratorios ever written, Handel’s Messiah has never waned in popular and critical appeal, and is as timeless today as it was when it premiered in Dublin in 1742. Join us for this special performance, and start the festive season in style!

Doors for this event open at 7.15pm

(Cover Images by Frances Marshall, from performance at St Patrick’s Cathedral in 2022)

Tickets (available from October 1): €55 (premium – seating in pews), €40 (general admission – Nave), €40 (side view – transepts), €35 (distance view – towards the rear of the central nave), €10 (Unsighted)

The IBO reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of attendance in line with any changing government regulations, and will communicate any new conditions if they come into effect.

We are operating a strict no refund policy for this performance.

The Irish Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir Ireland receive principal funding from the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and are resident organisations of the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Handel’s Messiah is supported by RTÉ Supporting the Arts.