Handel's Messiah Premieres in Dublin
April 13, 1742
George Frideric Handel, out of fashion in London and deep in debt, premiered his English-language oratorio at the New Music Hall on Fishamble Street. Dublin's audience was rapturous; ladies had been asked to leave their hoops at home to fit more listeners in. The 'Hallelujah' chorus would outlast every opera he ever wrote.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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