Alexander's Feast (1736)

Composer
George Frederic Handel
Author
Newburgh Hamilton
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Oratorio
Performance Medium
Musical
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
Unknown (0%) (0%)
1732 - 1809
Unknown - (0%) (0%) (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
69 36 33
1732 - 1809
69 36 33
Notes
Choral work adapted from John Dryden's ode 'Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Music' (1697)
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
12 Mar 1742 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, The Judgment of Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1742 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, The Judgment of Paris Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1742 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, Judgment of Paris Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Mar 1751 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1751 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1751 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1751 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1753 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast, The Choice of Hercules No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1753 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast, The Choice of Hercules No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1755 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast, The Choice of Hercules No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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