Ciro in Babilonia (Cyrus in Babylon / 1820 Raimondi / Bordese), opera (music & libretto)
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Ciro in Babilonia <Italian> / Cyrus in Babylon (1812) is a "dramma per musica," set to music by Pietro Raimondi.
~ Libretto by Giovanni Battista Bordese.
Abstract
This story of the Fall of Babylon is based largely on the Book of Daniel. Raimondo composed an "dramma per musica".
Characters
- Belshazzar / Baldassare, King of Assyria = tenor
- Cyrus / Ciro, King of Persia = contralto
- Amira, wife of Ciro = soprano
- Argene, confidant of Amira = mezzo-soprano
- Zambri, Babylonian prince = bass
- Arbace, captain in Baldassare's army = tenor
- Daniel / Daniello, prophet = bass
Performance history
Premiered in Naples, Italy: Teatro S. CarloComunale, 14 March 1812.
External links
Categories:
- 1820
- Fiction--1800s
- Fiction--Italian
- Music--1800s
- Music--Italian
- Literature--1800s
- Literature--Italian
- Operas
- Librettos
- Italian language--1800s
- Made in the 1820s
- Second Temple Studies--1800s
- Second Temple Studies--Italian
- Second Temple Studies--Fiction
- Babylonian Exile (subject)
- Babylonian Exile--fiction (subject)
- Babylonian Exile--music (subject)
- Belshazzar's Feast (event)
- Daniel--music (subject)
- Belshazzar--music (subject)
- Cyrus--music (subject)
- Daniel--literature (subject)
- Belshazzar--literature (subject)
- Cyrus--literature (subject)