18th-Century Operas Directory of free resources on the net

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Libretti - sacred music

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Bononcini Giovanni 1670-1747 Ezechia (Sacred Opera) Apostolo Zeno Biblioteca Italiana 4 April 1737, Imperial Chapel, Vienna Azione sacra (sacred opera) in 2 parts.
Caldara Antonio 1670-1736 Giuseppe (Sacred Opera) Apostolo Zeno Biblioteca Italiana 1722, Imperial Chapel, Vienna Azione sacra (sacred opera) in 2 parts.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Alexander Balus (Oratorio) Thomas Morell Karadar 9 March 1748, Covent Garden, London Oratorio. HWV 64.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Alexander Balus (Oratorio) Thomas Morell HAENDEL.IT 9 March 1748, Covent Garden, London Oratorio. HWV 64.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Alexander Balus (Oratorio) Thomas Morell Stanford.edu 9 March 1748, Covent Garden, London Oratorio. HWV 64.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Athalia (Oratorio) Samuel Humphreys Karadar (1733, Racine) Oratorio. HWV 52.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Athalia (Oratorio) Samuel Humphreys HAENDEL.IT (1733, Racine) Oratorio. HWV 52.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Athalia (Oratorio) Samuel Humphreys Stanford.edu (1733, Racine) Oratorio. HWV 52.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Belshazzar (Oratorio) Charles Jennens Stanford.edu Composed 1745. 4 February 1746, Covent Garden, London. Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 61.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Belshazzar (Oratorio) Charles Jennens Karadar Composed 1745. 4 February 1746, Covent Garden, London. Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 61.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Belshazzar (Oratorio) Charles Jennens HAENDEL.IT Composed 1745. 4 February 1746, Covent Garden, London. Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 61.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Deborah (Oratorio) Samuel Humphreys Karadar   Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 51.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Deborah (Oratorio) Samuel Humphreys HAENDEL.IT   Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 51.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Deborah (Oratorio) Samuel Humphreys Naxos   Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 51.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Deborah (Oratorio) Samuel Humphreys Stanford.edu   Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 51.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Esther (Oratorio) A. Pope, J. Arbuthnot, elaborated by Samuel Humphreys, after Racine Stanford.edu 2 May 1732, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 50b.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Esther (Oratorio) A. Pope, J. Arbuthnot, elaborated by Samuel Humphreys, after Racine HAENDEL.IT 2 May 1732, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 50b.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Israel in Egypt (Oratorio) Attributed to Charles Jennens Stanford.edu 4 April 1739, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London Oratorio in 2 parts. HWV 54.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Jephtha (Oratorio) Thomas Morell Stanford.edu 26 February 1752, Covent Garden, London Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 70.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Joseph and his Brethren (Oratorio) James Miller Stanford.edu 2 March 1744, Covent Garden, London Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 59.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Joshua (Oratorio) Thomas Morell Stanford.edu 9 March 1748, Covent Garden, London Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 64.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Judas Maccabaeus (Oratorio) Thomas Morell Stanford.edu 1 April 1747, Covent Garden, London Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 63.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Judas Maccabaeus (Oratorio) Thomas Morell HAENDEL.IT 1 April 1747, Covent Garden, London Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 63.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Messiah (Oratorio) Charles Jennens Stanford.edu 3 April 1742, New Music Hall, Dublin Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 56.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Messiah (Oratorio) Charles Jennens HAENDEL.IT 3 April 1742, New Music Hall, Dublin Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 56.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Nabal (Oratorio) Pasticcio compiled from the works of Handel by John Christopher Smith (1712-1795), son of Handel's principal copyist. Naxos 16 March, 1764, London. Five years after Handel's death. Oratorio in 3 parts.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 An Occasional Oratorio Newburgh Hamilton Stanford.edu 14 February 1746, Covent Garden, London Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 62.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Saul (Oratorio) Libretto by Charles Jennens after the Book of Samuel HAENDEL.IT 16 January 1739, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London Oratorio. HWV 53.
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Saul (Oratorio) Libretto by Charles Jennens after the Book of Samuel Karadar 16 Gennaio 1739, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London Oratorio. HWV 53
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Saul (Oratorio) Libretto by Charles Jennens after the Book of Samuel Naxos 16 Gennaio 1739, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London Oratorio. HWV 53
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759 Semele (Oratorio) Words by Newburgh Hamilton Karadar (1744, William Congreve) Oratorio. HWV 58.
Haydn Franz Joseph 1732-1809 The Creation (Oratorio in Three Parts) Text after John Milton's "Paradise Lost". English version by Baron van Swieten, retranslated from his translation of Milton into German. Naxos Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1800 Oratorio. (English libretto)
Haydn Franz Joseph 1732-1809 Die Schöpfung (The Creation) (Oratorio in Three Parts) Text after John Milton's "Paradise Lost", freely translated into German by Baron Gottfried van Swieten. Naxos Schwarzenberg Palace, Vienna, April 29th 1798
Burgtheater, Vienna, March 19, 1799
Oratorio. (German libretto)
** Set by many composers**     Stabat mater dolorosa (Hymn) Thought to originate from Franciscan sources in the 13th century. Wikipedia   Hymn.
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