London Stage Event: 18 February 1763 at Covent Garden

18 February 1763

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Theatre: Covent Garden

Theatrical Season: 1762-1763

Volume: 4

Comments: By Command of their Majesties, an Occasional Oratorio "selected from the most celebrated compositions of the late George Frederick Handel." Pit and Boxes to be put together. No person to be admitted without Tickets which will be deliver'd this day at the Office in the Theatre at half a guinea each. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. 6d. Galleries to be opened at half past Four. Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at half after Six. This day Publish'd Price 1s. An Occasional Oratorio, as it is to be performed at Covent Garden...J. and R. Tonson. [The most provocative commentary on Oratorios may be found in [Robert Maddison's] An Examination of the Oratorios performed This Season at Covent Garden, (London, 1763) 63 pages, wherein he seeks to define the genre, then judge the performances in terms of his definition.

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*p?2cg Occasional Oratorio. *m?2cg CConcertos on Organ-Stanley; on Violin-Hay. *c?2cg By Command of $their Majesties=, an Occasional Oratorio "selected from the most celebrated compositions of the late $George Frederick Handel=." Pit and Boxes to be put together. No person to be admitted without Tickets which will be deliver'd this day at the Office in the Theatre at half a guinea each. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. 6d. Galleries to be opened at half past Four. Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at half after Six. This day Publish'd Price 1s. An Occasional Oratorio, as it is to be performed at Covent Garden...$J. and R. Tonson=. [The most provocative commentary on Oratorios may be found in [$Robert Maddison='s] An Examination of the Oratorios performed This Season at Covent Garden, (London, 1763) 63 pages, wherein he seeks to define the genre, then judge the performances in terms of his definition.]
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*p1763 02 18 cg Occasional Oratorio.*m1763 02 18 cg CConcertos on Organ-Stanley; on Violin-Hay.*c1763 02 18 cg By Command of $their Majesties=, an Occasional Oratorio "selected from the most celebrated compositions of the late $George Frederick Handel=." Pit and Boxes to be put together. No person to be admitted without Tickets which will be deliver'd this day at the Office in the Theatre at half a guinea each. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. 6d. Galleries to be opened at half past Four. Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at half after Six. This day Publish'd Price 1s. An Occasional Oratorio, as it is to be performed at Covent Garden...$J. and R. Tonson=. [The most provocative commentary on Oratorios may be found in [$Robert Maddison='s] An Examination of the Oratorios performed This Season at Covent Garden, (London, 1763) 63 pages, wherein he seeks to define the genre, then judge the performances in terms of his definition.]
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Event: 31601 | 17630218 | cg | By Command of $their Majesties=, an Occasional Oratorio "selected from the most celebrated compositions of the late $George Frederick Handel=." Pit and Boxes to be put together. No person to be admitted without Tickets which will be deliver'd this day at the Office in the Theatre at half a guinea each. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. 6d. Galleries to be opened at half past Four. Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at half after Six. This day Publish'd Price 1s. An Occasional Oratorio, as it is to be performed at Covent Garden...$J. and R. Tonson=. [The most provocative commentary on Oratorios may be found in [$Robert Maddison='s] An Examination of the Oratorios performed This Season at Covent Garden, (London, 1763) 63 pages, wherein he seeks to define the genre, then judge the performances in terms of his definition.

Performance: 64227 | 31601 | p | Occasional Oratorio

Performance: 64228 | 31601 | m | CConcertos on Organ-Stanley; on Violin-Hay

18 February 1763

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