Handel's Accomplishments

Handel was a skilled organist and harpsichordist and working as a violinist provided him with opportunities to perform in operas. In 1905, he began composing operas, which were very successful and attained about 20- performance run. Handel continued composing more operas, and in 1706, he moved to Italy. He continued with his passion and composed Rodrigo and Agrippina in 1707 and 1709 respectively besides writing dramatic chamber works. Over the opera seasons, Handel toured the major cities in Italy and was able to meet several major Italy musicians. Apart from spreading his musical skills to different regions, he was able to tour and enjoyed new sceneries as he travelled. When Handel was in Venice, he met several people who expressed to him their interest in London's music scene. This encouraged him a lot and was determined to give them more of
He became the master of the Orchestra at the Royal Academy of Music, which was the first opera company in London. Handel managed to produce several operas with the Royal Academy of Music, which were well accepted. In the year 1726, Handel made London his permanent home and he became the British citizen. Handel broke away from the Royal Academy in 1727 and formed his company after an Italian opera in London due to the hostile rivalry that existed between two female singers, which frustrated Handel very much. Handel named his company New Royal Academy and followed by producing two more operas where Italian opera adopted London style. Handel composed two more operas in Italian and later decided to abandon the opera because it was not doing well. This the time he felt things were not going well and needed to venture elsewhere and give music that is more attractive. However, he had enjoyed a successful period due to acceptance of his work by many people. Although, his studio did not do well he was still determined to do more and entertain the