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George Frideric Handel. Belshazzar (HWV 61) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel.The libretto was by Charles Jennens, and Handel abridged it considerably. [1] Jennens' libretto was based on the Biblical account of the fall of Babylon at the hands of Cyrus the Great and the subsequent freeing of the Jewish nation, as found in the Book of Daniel.
George Frideric Handel's operas comprise 42 musical dramas that were written between 1705 and 1741 in various genres.Though his large scale English language works written for the theatre are technically oratorios and not operas, several of them, such as Semele (1744), have become an important part of the opera repertoire.
List of operas by George Frideric Handel. All works are opera seria in three acts, unless otherwise stated. HWV Title Premiere Venue Libretto Notes 1 Almira: 8 January 1705 Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg Friedrich Christian Feustking, after G. Pancieri Singspiel: 2 Nero: 25 February 1705 Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg Friedrich Christian Feustking ...
Pages in category "Oratorios by George Frideric Handel" ... Belshazzar (Handel) Brockes Passion (Handel) C. The Choice of Hercules (Handel) D. Deborah (Handel) E.
Thomas Arne – Alfred (1745, oratorio version, later an opera) George Frideric Handel – Belshazzar (1745) Johann Adolph Hasse – La Caduta di Gerico (1745) Willem de Fesch – Joseph (1746) George Frideric Handel – Judas Maccabaeus (1746) George Frideric Handel – Occasional Oratorio (1746) George Frideric Handel – Joshua (1747)
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ ˈ h æ n d əl / HAN-dəl; [a] baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, [b] German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ⓘ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) [3] [c] was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.
Revised and expanded into three sections in March 1737, the work also had its name adjusted. Handel was by that time living in England and producing seasons of English-language oratorio and Italian opera. This version premiered on March 23, received three more performances the next month, and was revived on one date in 1739.
George Frideric Handel. Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi (HWV 19) is an opera seria in three acts composed for the first Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel. [1] The libretto is by Nicola Francesco Haym, based on an earlier libretto by Antonio Salvi.