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Based on [[Esther (1689 Racine), play]]. The work was born and first performed as a masque around 1718. In 1732, Haendel revised and expanded it as an oratorio.
Based on [[Esther (1689 Racine), play]]. The work was born and first performed as a masque around 1718. In 1732, Haendel revised and expanded it as an oratorio.


==Editions, performances, translations==
==Editions, performances==
Premeried in London [England]: Haymarket, 2 May 1733.
Premeried in London [England]: Haymarket, 2 May 1733.
   
   
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Latest revision as of 10:13, 22 December 2020

Esther (1732) is an oratorio by Georg Frideric Haendel (mus.), and John Arbuthnot and Alexander Pope (libr.).

Abstract

Based on Esther (1689 Racine), play. The work was born and first performed as a masque around 1718. In 1732, Haendel revised and expanded it as an oratorio.

Editions, performances

Premeried in London [England]: Haymarket, 2 May 1733.

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