Handel’s vivid and dramatic telling of the Exodus story is a choral and orchestral spectacular! The enslavement of the Israelites, the ten plagues of Egypt, the fiery leadership of Moses, the parting of the Red Sea, and the drowning of the Egyptian army are all here. Told in music of gripping drama and breathless pace, Handel’s Israel in Egypt is a dramatic tour de force of massive choruses, brilliant orchestration, and virtuoso arias.