He said to Francesca Cuzzoni, "Madam, I know you are a veritable devil, but I would have you know that I am Beelzebub, chief of the Devils."
He said to Francesca Cuzzoni, "Madam, I know you are a veritable devil, but I would have you know that I am Beelzebub, chief of the Devils." He later threatened to throw her out a window when she would not sing an aria for his opera Ottone, re di Germanica. Though he composed dozens of operas, he is perhaps better known for his oratorios, including Israel in Egypt and Judas Maccabeus. FTP, name this composer, whose best-known oratorio is the Messiah.
He said to Francesca Cuzzoni, "Madam, I know you are a veritable devil, but I would have you know that I am Beelzebub, chief of the Devils."
George Frideric {Handel}