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''' Ciro in Babilonia; ossia, La caduta di Baldassare''' <Italian> / ''Cyrus in Babylon; or, The Fall of Belshazzar'' (1812) is an "azione sacra" by [[Gioachino Rossini]] | ''' Ciro in Babilonia; ossia, La caduta di Baldassare''' <Italian> / ''Cyrus in Babylon; or, The Fall of Belshazzar'' (1812) is an "azione sacra," set to music by [[Gioachino Rossini]]. | ||
~ Libretto by [[Francesco Aventi]]. | |||
==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
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* [[Daniel]] / Daniello, prophet = bass | * [[Daniel]] / Daniello, prophet = bass | ||
==Editions | ==Editions== | ||
==Performance History== | |||
Premiered in [[Ferrara, Italy]]: Teatro Comunale, 14 March 1812. | Premiered in [[Ferrara, Italy]]: Teatro Comunale, 14 March 1812. | ||
* [[Ciro in Babilonia (Cyrus in Babylon / 1812 / @1812 Rossini), Ferrara production, world premiere (opera)]] | * [[Ciro in Babilonia (Cyrus in Babylon / 1812 / @1812 Rossini), Ferrara production, world premiere (opera)]] | ||
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[[Category:Literature--Italian|1812 Rossini]] | |||
[[Category:Operas|1812 Rossini]] | [[Category:Operas|1812 Rossini]] | ||
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[[Category:Belshazzar's Feast (event)|1812 Rossini]] | [[Category:Belshazzar's Feast (event)|1812 Rossini]] | ||
[[Category:Daniel (subject)|1812 Rossini]] | [[Category:Daniel--music (subject)|1812 Rossini]] | ||
[[Category:Belshazzar (subject)|1812 Rossini]] | [[Category:Belshazzar--music (subject)|1812 Rossini]] | ||
[[Category:Cyrus (subject)|1812 Rossini]] | [[Category:Cyrus--music (subject)|1812 Rossini]] | ||
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[[Category:Top 1800s| 1812 Rossini]] | [[Category:Top 1800s| 1812 Rossini]] | ||
Revision as of 11:16, 23 May 2017
Ciro in Babilonia; ossia, La caduta di Baldassare <Italian> / Cyrus in Babylon; or, The Fall of Belshazzar (1812) is an "azione sacra," set to music by Gioachino Rossini.
~ Libretto by Francesco Aventi.
Abstract
This story of the Fall of Babylon is based largely on the Book of Daniel. Rossini composed an "azione sacra", i.e., a scenic oratorio or quasi-opera, which could be either staged or presented in concert form.
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
Editions
Performance History
Premiered in Ferrara, Italy: Teatro Comunale, 14 March 1812.
- Ciro in Babilonia (Cyrus in Babylon / 1823 / @1812 Rossini), London production (opera) -- 30 January 1823 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London - UK premiere - in concert
- Also performed in many Italian cities and in Munich (1816), Lisbon, Vienna (1817), Weimar (1819), and Dresden (Königlich Sächsisches Theater, 1822). Then it disappeared until 1988.
External links
Categories:
- 1812
- Fiction--1800s
- Fiction--Italian
- Music--1800s
- Music--Italian
- Literature--1800s
- Literature--Italian
- Operas
- Librettoss
- Italian language--1800s
- Made in the 1810s
- 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)
- Top 1800s
- Fiction--Top 1800s
- Italian language--Top 1800s
- Second Temple Studies--Top 1800s