Event Comment: By
His Majesty's Command. A New Oratorio in English. Composed by
Mr Handel. And to be perform'd by a great Number of
the best Voices and Instruments.
The House to be fitted up and illuminated in a new and particular manner. Tickets One Guinea. Gallery Half a Guinea. [Text by
Samuel Humphreys.
Their Majesties,
Prince, and
three eldest Princesses present.]
Daily Advertiser, 20 March: An Entertainment, perhaps,
the most magnificent that has ever been exhibited on an
English Theatre....
The Composition of
the Musick is by no means inferior to
the most finish'd of that Gentleman's Works; but
the Disposition of
the Performers was in a Taste beyond what has been attempted.
There was a very great Number of Instruments by
the best Hands, and such as would properly accompany three Organs.
The Pit and Orchestre were cover'd as at an Assembly, and
the whole House Illuminated in a new and most beautiful manner. [See also
Lady A. Irwin to
Lord Carlisle, in
Deutsch, Handel, pp. 309-10.
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Deborah
Performance Comment: Edition of 1733 does not list performers' names, but Daily Advertiser, 20 March, states: Wherein Principal Parts-Signor Senosini, Signora Strada, Signora Gismundi, Signora Bertoldi, Signor Montagnana, Miss Young, Miss Arne, Mrs Wright, Mr Swartzs[, perform'd the principal Parts. [See also Deutsch, Handel, p. 308, and Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, p. 236.], perform'd the principal Parts. [See also Deutsch, Handel, p. 308, and Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, p. 236.]