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Where was Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah first performed?
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Felix Mendelssohn
German composer Felix Mendelssohn, painting by Wilhelm Hensel.
Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah, Op. 70, was first performed on August 26, 1846, in Birmingham, England.1