sentences:  As a countertenor he performed possibly the small roles of La Fortuna and Childerico in Handel's operas, "Giustino" (1737) and "Faramondo" (1738), and also appeared in the first performance of "Israel in Egypt" (1739), as well as in revivals of other Handel oratorios.As a bass, he created the title role in "Imeneo" (1740), the role of Fenice in "Deidamia" (1741) and that of Manoa at the premiere of the oratorio "Samson" (1743).The 18th-century musicologist Charles Burney described Savage's voice as a "powerful and not unpleasant bass".