Athalia is an English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel to a libretto by Samuel Humphreys based on the play Athalie by Jean Racine. The work was commissioned in 1733 for the Publick Act in Oxford – a commencement ceremony of the... Wikipedia
Composer: George Frideric Handel
First performance: July 10, 1733, The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom