Travel tips for opera lovers – Oxford and Handel

Handel in Oxford

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Handel in Oxford

In 1733, Handel spent a few days in Oxford. There he conducted the premiere of his oratorio “Athalia” in the beautiful Sheldonian Theater.This building is possibly the only surviving theater in which a Handel opera or oratorio was premiered.
There he declined an honorary doctorate offered to him, possibly because he would have been charged for it.

Sheldonian Theatre:

https://www.sheldonian.ox.ac.uk/#/