The Choice of Hercules (HWV 69) is an oratorio in one act (three scenes) by George Frideric Handel. Handel produced the score between 28 June and 5 July 1750. The first performance was given on 1 March 1751 at the Covent Garden Theatre, London with Cecilia Young as Virtue, Isabella Young as Hercules, and Thomas Lowe (tenor) as attendant. The libretto is derived from the poem (1743) of Robert Lowth but revised, probably, by Thomas Morell.

Librettist Robert Lowth (revised, probably, by Thomas Morell)
Date of composition 1750 (28 June to 5 July 1750)
Premiered 1751, March 1st (Covent Garden Theatre) in London, UK
Type Oratorio
Catalogue HWV 69
Spoken language German
Instruments Orchestra
Voice (Alto) - Hercules
Voice (Soprano) - Pleasure
Voice (Alto) - Virtue
Voice (Tenor) - An Attendant on Pleasure
Chorus/Choir
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Autotranslations beta Georg Friedrich Haendel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69
Georg Friedrich Händel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69
Georg Friedrich Händel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69