Solomon (Handel)

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Oratorios by George Frideric Handel

Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (1707)
La Resurrezione (1708)
Brockes Passion (1715)
Esther (1718)
Acis and Galatea (1718)
Esther (1732)
Deborah (1733)
Athalia (1733)
Alexander's Feast (1736)
Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità (1737)
Saul (1738)
Israel in Egypt (1738)
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (1740)
Messiah (1741)
Samson (1741)
Semele (1743)
Joseph and his Brethren (1743)
Hercules (1744)
Belshazzar (1744)
Occasional Oratorio (1746)
Judas Maccabaeus (1746)
Joshua (1747)
Alexander Balus (1747)
Susanna (1748)
Solomon (1748)
Theodora (1749)
The Choice of Hercules (1750)
Jephtha (1751)
The Triumph of Time and Truth (1757)

Solomon (HWV 67) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. Its libretto is based on the biblical stories of wise king Solomon and is attributed to Newburgh Hamilton. The music was composed in 1748 and the first performance took place in London in 1749.

Contents

[edit] Dramatis Personae

  • Solomon (alto)
  • Solomons's Queen (soprano)
  • Nicaule, Queen of Sheba (soprano)
  • First Harlot (soprano)
  • Second Harlot (mezzo-soprano)
  • Zadok, the High Priest (tenor)
  • A Levite (bass)
  • Attendant (tenor)
  • Chorus of Priests
  • Chorus of Israelites

[edit] Media

[edit] Cultural References

  • In Philip K. Dick's novel Galactic Pot Healer, the main character thinks of words from the libretto ("Joys too fierce to be expressed") whilst besporting amorously.

[edit] External links

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