Which reason did not spur Handel into composing oratorios rather than opera?

a. eliminated expensive soloists, sets, and costumes
b. exploited the English love of choral music
c. appealed to the religious attitudes of Puritan and Methodist citizens
d. could not find any more interesting opera librettos
e. it was more financially viable

D

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