This box set includes a specially commissioned text by Jean Echenoz, “In Babylon.”
The work
Belshazzar is an oratorio in three acts by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759). Premièred in 1745, it is based on a libretto by Charles Jennens.
The performers
William Christie, musical direction
Belshazzar, King of Babylon
Allan Clayton
Nitocris, Mother of Belshazzar
Rosemary Joshua
Cyrus, Prince of Persia
Caitlin Hulcup
Daniel, a Jewish Prophet
Iestyn Davies
Gobrias, an Assyrian Nobleman
Jonathan Lemalu
Arioch, a Babylon Lord
Jean-Yves Ravoux
Messenger
Geoffroy Buffière
Wisemen
Thibaut Lenaerts, Michael-Loughlin Smith, Damian Whiteley
Choir and Orchestra of Les Arts Florissants
