Libretti - sacred music
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| Composer | First names | Dates | Opera Title | Librettist | Libretto source | First performed | Information |
| Bononcini | Giovanni | 1670-1747 | Ezechia (Sacred Opera) | Apostolo Zeno | Biblioteca Italiana | 4 April 1737, Imperial Chapel, Vienna | Azione sacra (sacred opera) in 2 parts. |
| Caldara | Antonio | 1670-1736 | Giuseppe (Sacred Opera) | Apostolo Zeno | Biblioteca Italiana | 1722, Imperial Chapel, Vienna | Azione sacra (sacred opera) in 2 parts. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Alexander Balus (Oratorio) | Thomas Morell | Karadar | 9 March 1748, Covent Garden, London | Oratorio. HWV 64. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Alexander Balus (Oratorio) | Thomas Morell | HAENDEL.IT | 9 March 1748, Covent Garden, London | Oratorio. HWV 64. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Alexander Balus (Oratorio) | Thomas Morell | Stanford.edu | 9 March 1748, Covent Garden, London | Oratorio. HWV 64. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Athalia (Oratorio) | Samuel Humphreys | Karadar | (1733, Racine) | Oratorio. HWV 52. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Athalia (Oratorio) | Samuel Humphreys | HAENDEL.IT | (1733, Racine) | Oratorio. HWV 52. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Athalia (Oratorio) | Samuel Humphreys | Stanford.edu | (1733, Racine) | Oratorio. HWV 52. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Belshazzar (Oratorio) | Charles Jennens | Stanford.edu | Composed 1745. 4 February 1746, Covent Garden, London. | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 61. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Belshazzar (Oratorio) | Charles Jennens | Karadar | Composed 1745. 4 February 1746, Covent Garden, London. | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 61. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Belshazzar (Oratorio) | Charles Jennens | HAENDEL.IT | Composed 1745. 4 February 1746, Covent Garden, London. | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 61. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Deborah (Oratorio) | Samuel Humphreys | Karadar | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 51. | |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Deborah (Oratorio) | Samuel Humphreys | HAENDEL.IT | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 51. | |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Deborah (Oratorio) | Samuel Humphreys | Naxos | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 51. | |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Deborah (Oratorio) | Samuel Humphreys | Stanford.edu | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 51. | |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Esther (Oratorio) | A. Pope, J. Arbuthnot, elaborated by Samuel Humphreys, after Racine | Stanford.edu | 2 May 1732, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 50b. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Esther (Oratorio) | A. Pope, J. Arbuthnot, elaborated by Samuel Humphreys, after Racine | HAENDEL.IT | 2 May 1732, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 50b. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Israel in Egypt (Oratorio) | Attributed to Charles Jennens | Stanford.edu | 4 April 1739, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London | Oratorio in 2 parts. HWV 54. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Jephtha (Oratorio) | Thomas Morell | Stanford.edu | 26 February 1752, Covent Garden, London | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 70. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Joseph and his Brethren (Oratorio) | James Miller | Stanford.edu | 2 March 1744, Covent Garden, London | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 59. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Joshua (Oratorio) | Thomas Morell | Stanford.edu | 9 March 1748, Covent Garden, London | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 64. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Judas Maccabaeus (Oratorio) | Thomas Morell | Stanford.edu | 1 April 1747, Covent Garden, London | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 63. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Judas Maccabaeus (Oratorio) | Thomas Morell | HAENDEL.IT | 1 April 1747, Covent Garden, London | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 63. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Messiah (Oratorio) | Charles Jennens | Stanford.edu | 3 April 1742, New Music Hall, Dublin | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 56. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Messiah (Oratorio) | Charles Jennens | HAENDEL.IT | 3 April 1742, New Music Hall, Dublin | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 56. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Nabal (Oratorio) | Pasticcio compiled from the works of Handel by John Christopher Smith (1712-1795), son of Handel's principal copyist. | Naxos | 16 March, 1764, London. Five years after Handel's death. | Oratorio in 3 parts. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | An Occasional Oratorio | Newburgh Hamilton | Stanford.edu | 14 February 1746, Covent Garden, London | Oratorio in 3 parts. HWV 62. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Saul (Oratorio) | Libretto by Charles Jennens after the Book of Samuel | HAENDEL.IT | 16 January 1739, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London | Oratorio. HWV 53. |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Saul (Oratorio) | Libretto by Charles Jennens after the Book of Samuel | Karadar | 16 Gennaio 1739, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London | Oratorio. HWV 53 |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Saul (Oratorio) | Libretto by Charles Jennens after the Book of Samuel | Naxos | 16 Gennaio 1739, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London | Oratorio. HWV 53 |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Semele (Oratorio) | Words by Newburgh Hamilton | Karadar | (1744, William Congreve) | Oratorio. HWV 58. |
| Haydn | Franz Joseph | 1732-1809 | The Creation (Oratorio in Three Parts) | Text after John Milton's "Paradise Lost". English version by Baron van Swieten, retranslated from his translation of Milton into German. | Naxos | Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1800 | Oratorio. (English libretto) |
| Haydn | Franz Joseph | 1732-1809 | Die Schöpfung (The Creation) (Oratorio in Three Parts) | Text after John Milton's "Paradise Lost", freely translated into German by Baron Gottfried van Swieten. | Naxos | Schwarzenberg Palace, Vienna, April 29th 1798
Burgtheater, Vienna, March 19, 1799 |
Oratorio. (German libretto) |
| ** Set by many composers** | Stabat mater dolorosa (Hymn) | Thought to originate from Franciscan sources in the 13th century. | Wikipedia | Hymn. |
