List of Compositions By George Frideric Handel - Oratorios

Oratorios

HWV Title Premiere Venue Libretto Text Notes
46a Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno 1707-06-00June 1707 Rome Benedetto Pamphili
46b Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità 1737-03-1717 March 1737 London Benedetto Pamphili
47 La resurrezione 1708-04-088 April 1708 Rome Carlo Sigismondo Capece
48 Brockes Passion 1719-03-2323 March 1719 Hamburg Cathedral (possibly) Barthold Heinrich Brockes
50a Esther 1718-00-00?1718 probably Cannons John Arbuthnot IMSLP. Based on Alexander Pope's work. Originally a masque.
50b Esther 1732-05-021 May 1732 King's Theatre, London John Arbuthnot IMSLP. Based on Alexander Pope's work. Contains additions by S. Humphreys
51 Deborah 1733-02-2121 February 1733 King's Theatre, London Samuel Humphreys Stanford
52 Athalia 1733-07-1010 July 1733 Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford Jean Racine? Stanford
53 Saul 1739-01-1616 January 1739 King's Theatre, London Charles Jennens Stanford
54 Israel in Egypt 1739-04-044 April 1739 King's Theatre, London Charles Jennens? Stanford
55 L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato 1740-02-2727 February 1740 Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London Charles Jennens Stanford. Based on John Milton's work.
56 Messiah 1742-04-1313 April 1742 New Music Hall, Dublin Charles Jennens Stanford
57 Samson 1743-02-1818 February 1743 Covent Garden Theatre, London Newburgh Hamilton Stanford
58 Semele 1744-02-1010 February 1744 Covent Garden Theatre, London William Congreve Stanford An opera catalogued as an oratorio
59 Joseph and his Brethren 1744-03-022 March 1744 Covent Garden Theatre, London James Miller Stanford
60 Hercules 1745-01-055 January 1745 King's Theatre, London Thomas Broughton Stanford
61 Belshazzar 1745-03-2727 March 1745 King's Theatre, London Charles Jennens Stanford
62 Occasional Oratorio 1746-02-1414 February 1746 Covent Garden Theatre, London Newburgh Hamilton Stanford
63 Judas Maccabaeus 1747-04-011 April 1747 Covent Garden Theatre, London Thomas Morell Stanford
64 Joshua 1748-03-099 March 1748 Covent Garden Theatre, London Thomas Morell Stanford
65 Alexander Balus 1748-03-2323 March 1748 Covent Garden Theatre, London Thomas Morell Stanford
66 Susanna 1749-02-1010 February 1749 Covent Garden Theatre, London Newburgh Hamilton? Stanford
67 Solomon 1749-03-1717 March 1749 Covent Garden Theatre, London Newburgh Hamilton? Stanford
68 Theodora 1750-03-1616 March 1750 Covent Garden Theatre, London Thomas Morell Stanford
69 The Choice of Hercules 1751-03-011 March 1751 Covent Garden Theatre, London Thomas Morell? Stanford
70 Jephtha 1752-02-2626 February 1752 Covent Garden Theatre, London Thomas Morell Stanford
71 The Triumph of Time and Truth 1757-03-1111 March 1757 Covent Garden Theatre, London Thomas Morell? Stanford

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