Ciro in Babilonia (Cyrus in Babylon / 1812 Rossini / Aventi), opera
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Ciro in Babilonia; ossia, La caduta di Baldassare <Italian> / Cyrus in Babylon; or, The Fall of Belshazzar (1812) is an oratorio by Gioachino Rossini (mus.) and Francesco Aventi (libr.).
Abstract
This story of the fall of Babylon is based largely on the Bible. Belshazzar (Baldassare), Cyrus (Ciro) and Daniel (Daniello) are among the characters.
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, performances
Premiered in Ferrara, Italy: Teatro Comunale, 14 March 1812.
Performance History
- 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.
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Categories:
- 1812
- Fiction--1800s
- Fiction--Italian
- Music--1800s
- Operas
- 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 (subject)
- Belshazzar (subject)
- Cyrus (subject)
- Top 1800s
- Fiction--Top 1800s
- Italian language--Top 1800s
- Second Temple Studies--Top 1800s