In which city was the first public performance of Handel's 'Messiah'?
Messiah (Handel) The takings amounted to around £400, providing about £127 to each of the three nominated charities and securing the release of 142 indebted prisoners. Handel remained in Dublin for four months after the premiere. He organised a second performance of "Messiah" on 3 June, which was announced as "the last Performance of Mr Handel's during his Stay in this Kingdom". In this second "Messiah", which was for Handel's private financial benefit, Cibber reprised her role from the first performance, though Avoglio may have been replaced by a Mrs Maclaine; details of other performers are not recorded. The warm reception accorded
Messiah (Handel) stand. There is no convincing evidence that the king was present, or that he attended any subsequent performance of "Messiah"; the first reference to the practice of standing appears in a letter dated 1756, three years prior to Handel's death. London's initially cool reception of "Messiah" led Handel to reduce the season's planned six performances to three, and not to present the work at all in 1744—to the considerable annoyance of Jennens, whose relations with the composer temporarily soured. At Jennens's request, Handel made several changes in the music for the 1745 revival: "Their sound is gone out" became a