 Event |
Judas Maccabaeus
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| Venue |
Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane, QLD |
| First Date |
30 November 1940 |
| Opening Date |
30 November 1940 |
| Last Date |
30 November 1940 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
An oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was devised as a compliment to the victorious Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland upon his return from the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746. Morell's libretto is based on the deuterocanonical 1 Maccabees (2–8), with motives added from the Antiquitates Judaicae by Flavius Josephus.
The events depicted in the oratorio are from the period 170–160 BC when Judea was ruled by the Seleucid Empire which undertook to destroy the Jewish religion. Being ordered to w |
| Description Source |
Advertisement |
| Primary Genre |
Music
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| Subjects |
Historical
Religion
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Newspaper |
Courier Mail 29 November 1940 p 14 |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
111057 |
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