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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "G F Handel"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "G F Handel")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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1721 results for: Keyword - G. F. Handel
We found 648 matches on Event Comments, 486 matches on Performance Comments, 459 matches on Author, 260 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

101
01 December 1744 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: An Oratorio by Handel, with additions and alterations. 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semele

Performance Comment: (See Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, p. 393, for probable cast.)

102
05 January 1745 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Musical Drama, compos'd by Mr Handel. Libretto by Thomas Broughton. [Mrs Cibber was scheduled to sing the part of Lichas, but was indisposed.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hercules

Performance Comment: Hercules-Reinhold, bass; Dejanira-Miss Robinson, contralto; Hyllus-Beard, tenor; Iole-Signora Francesina, soprano; Lichas- (Deutsch, Handel, p. 601).

103
01 April 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Text by the Rev. Dr Thomas Morrell; Music by Handel. [Dean quotes Lord Shaftesbury as saying the oratorio went off with great applause.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Macchabaeus

Performance Comment: Judas-Beard; Simon, Eupolemus-Reinhold; 1st Israelite Woman-Signora Gambarini; 2nd Israelite Woman, Priest, Israelite Man-Signora Galli (Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, p. 471); Also a new concerto-.

104
23 March 1748 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [For full discussion see Winton Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, chapt. 21.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander Balus

Performance Comment: Parts were: Alexander Balus (King of Syria)-; Ptolomee (King of Egypt)-; Jonathan (Chief of the Jews)-; Cleopatra (Daughter of Ptolomee)-; Aspasia (her friend and companion)-; Chorus of Israelites-; +Chorus of Asiatics-. Alexander Balus-Signora Galli (mezzo-soprano); Ptolomee-Reinhold (bass); Jonathan-Lowe (tenor); Cleopatra-Signora Cassarini (soprano); Aspasia-Signora Sibilla (soprano) (+Deutsch, Handel, p. 648, from word book).

105
12 March 1754 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: The Musick composed by Mr Handel. New Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Admeto

Performance Comment: Principal performers-Faustina, Cuzzoni, Senesino were the chief performers Deutsch, Handel, from Johann Joachim Quantz's autobiography.
Cast
Role: Principal performers Actor: Faustina, Cuzzoni, Senesino were the chief performers Deutsch, Handel, from Johann Joachim Quantz's autobiography.

106
03 March 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: With New Additions and Alterations. [On 1 March (Baker, Diary, p. 106) went to Handel's and heard the rehearsal by "Frasi, Miss Young als [alias], Miss Scott, Cassandra Frederick, Beard, Champness, Baildon."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Performance Comment: Deutsch, Handel, p. 795, lists Judas Maccabaeus-Beard; Simon-Champness; Eupolemus-Baildon , and speculates as to the rest of the cast.

107
27 March 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Publish'd this day Acis and Galatea, a Serenata. To be perform'd at Covent Garden. Music by Handel. Price 1s. Charges: #35 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Afterpiece Title: Dryden's Ode

Performance Comment: Ode set to music by Handel.

Music: As17670306

108
11 February 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

109
08 January 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire; or, Harlequin in the Peak

110
29 June 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: G

111
03 July 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: G

112
06 July 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: G

113
08 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Liberty Hall; or, The Test of Good Fellowship

114
24 January 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-

115
28 January 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-

116
31 January 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-

117
04 February 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-

118
11 February 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-

119
25 February 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-

120
04 March 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-

121
15 April 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

122
22 April 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

123
06 May 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

124
20 May 1749 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

125
10 February 1750 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione