Joyful Noise

by Tim Slover

George Frederick Handel is in trouble: his last opera flopped, he is no longer in favor with King George II and preachers are raging that his latest work is blasphemous. In this climate, he struggles to present "The Messiah." Handel's travails are linked with those of his leading soprano. Forced into retirement because of a scandal, she is slated to make her comeback in his new masterpiece and fears a nasty reception. A malicious, back stabbing alternate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0573627592
• ISBN13: 9780573627590
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Samuel French
• Length: 87 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.