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''Belshazzar'' (HWV 61) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The libretto was by Charles Jennens, and Handel abridged it considerably.〔G.F. Handel, "Belshazzar", ed. Friedrich Chrysander. Leipzig: 1864. Reprint by Kalmus Miniature Scores. Melville, NY: Belwin Mills.〕 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. Handel composed ''Belshazzar'' in the late Summer of 1744 concurrently with ''Hercules'', during a time that Winton Dean calls "the peak of Handel's creative life".〔Dean, Winton. (''Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques'' ). London: Oxford University Press, 1959. pp. 435〕 The work premiered the following Lenten season on 27 March 1745 at the King's Theatre, London with Ann Turner Robinson as Daniel, John Beard (tenor) as Belshazzar/Gobrias and Henry Theodore Reinhold as Cyrus.〔 The work fell into neglect after Handel's death, with revivals of the work occurring in the United Kingdom in 1847, 1848 and 1873.〔Macfarren, G. A., "Handel's ''Belshazzar''" (1 June 1873). ''The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular'', 16(364): p. 115.〕 == Dramatis personæ == * Belshazzar, King of Babylon (tenor) * Nitocris, mother of Belshazzar (soprano) * Cyrus, Prince of Persia (contralto) * Daniel, a Jewish prophet (contralto) * Gobrias, an Assyrian Nobleman, revolted to Cyrus (bass) * Arioch, a Babylonian Lord (tenor) * Messenger (bass) * Chorus of Wise Men * Chorus of Jews * Chorus of Babylonians * Chorus of Medes and Persians 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belshazzar (Handel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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