Handel's "Susanna" & "Theodora" ones of these weren't quite as popular as the "Messiah"
[DOC] [TLE] The Classical Music Guide Forums  View topic - Question on Oratorios [PAR] Went to wiki and quote this fwiw: Regards, Len ... Oratorios became extremely 
popular in early 17th-century Italy partly ... but musically, this classic performance 
from Handel's Theodora is staged.