History of Handel Messiah and commentary on the music. Kigahon!? Classics aims to make it easy to enjoy authentic classical music, and conductor Fumihiro Shimizu provides enjoyable and easy-to-understand commentary.Shimizu currently provides MET opera commentary and previously served as a lecturer at the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Opera Research Institute. He has a reputation for providing unprecedented commentary that is fun and full of knowledge that you may not have heard before, while also taking amateur perspectives into consideration.