26 February 1748
Event Information
Theatre:
Covent Garden
Theatrical Season:
1747-1748
Volume:
4
Comments:
Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver'd this Day, at the Office in Covent Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each. First Galley, 5s. Upper Gallery, 3s. 6d. The Galleries, to be open'd at Four, Pit and Boxes at Five. To Begin at Half an Hour after Six. [Customary notice for oratorios. It will not be repeated further.
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Judas Maccabaeus
Comments:
Parts were: Judas-; Israelite Man-; Israelite Woman-; Chorus-; Simon- (brother to Judas); Messenger-; Eupolemus- (Jewish Ambassador to Rome). (Larpent MS) [Winton Dean in Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, pp. 471-72, adds Second Israelite Woman and Priest, noting that Madam Frasi sang the part of the first Israelite woman.]Winton Dean in Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, pp. 471-72, adds Second Israelite Woman and Priest, noting that Madam Frasi sang the part of the first Israelite woman.]
Parts were: Judas-; Israelite Man-; Israelite Woman-; Chorus-; Simon- (brother to Judas); Messenger-; Eupolemus- (Jewish Ambassador to Rome). (Larpent MS) [Winton Dean in Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, pp. 471-72, adds Second Israelite Woman and Priest, noting that Madam Frasi sang the part of the first Israelite woman.]Winton Dean in Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, pp. 471-72, adds Second Israelite Woman and Priest, noting that Madam Frasi sang the part of the first Israelite woman.]
Cast:
- Role: Judas Actor:
- Role: Israelite Man Actor:
- Role: Israelite Woman Actor:
- Role: Chorus Actor:
- Role: Simon Actor:
- Role: Messenger Actor:
- Role: Eupolemus Actor: