La Resurrezione, oratorio sacro in partizione - Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759; Capeci, Carlo Sigismondo 1652-1728 (London Arnold, 1796)
Handel wrote the Oratorio in 1708 in Rome, where it was first performed in the Palazzo Bonelli of the Marchese Ruspoli on Easter Sunday, 8 April, conducted by Arcangelo Corelli, and repeated the following day. Numerous invoices in the Archivio Segreto Vaticano show that several craftsmen were commissioned to build a stage and decorations, i.e. the work was staged. Approximately 1500 printed libretti prove that, including three public rehearsals, about 300 listeners were present at each performance.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Oratorio; Rome (Italy)