Acis and Galatea (1732) (1732)

Composer
George Frederic Handel
Author
John Gay
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
60 21 39
1732 - 1809
60 21 39
Notes
Adapted from a 1-act version for 1718, also by Gay and Handel.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Mar 1778 Covent Garden Acis And Galatea, Sacred Canons, Concerto on German flute, Concerto on hautboy, Concerto on pianoforte, Concerto on violin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1778 Covent Garden Acis And Galatea, Concerto on German flute No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1778 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, The Coronation Anthem, Concerto on organ, Concerto on violin No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1778 Covent Garden Acis And Galatea No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1779 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, Songs, Choruses, etc., Concerto on violoncello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1779 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, Songs, Choruses, etc., Concerto on organ No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1780 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, The Music from Bonduca, Concerto on organ, Concerto on violin No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1780 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, The Music from Bonduca, Concerto on violin, Concerto on organ No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1781 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, The Music from Bonduca No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1781 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, The Music from Bonduca, Concerto on organ, Concerto on violin No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1781 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, Concerto on organ, My Heart is Inditing, Concerto on violin, God Save the King No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1782 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, Dryden's Ode, Concerto on organ, Concerto on violin No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1782 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, Concerto on organ, Concerto on hautboy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1783 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, The Coronation Anthem, Concerto on organ No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1784 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, Dryden's Ode No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1784 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, The Music from Bonduca No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1785 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, Dryden's Ode, Concerto on French horn No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1787 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, A New Symphony No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1787 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, A New Symphony No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1788 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1788 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1789 Drury Lane A Prelude, On The Happy Recovery Of His Majesty, Acis and Galatea, A Miscellaneous Concert, Serenata solo on harp No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1789 Drury Lane A Prelude, On The Happy Recovery Of His Majesty, Acis and Galatea, A Monody on the Death of Garrick, Solo on harp, God Save Great George Our King, Grand Concerto on harp No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1790 Drury Lane Acis And Galatea, A Grand Selection No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1790 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast; Or the Power of Music, Acis and Galatea, Dryden's Ode No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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