- Alexander Balus
"Alexander Balus" (HWV 65) is an "oratorio" by
George Frideric Handel . Thelibretto is byThomas Morell after the biblical book of1 Maccabees . Fourth in a series of oratorios celebrating the victories of the Royal family over the Jacobite uprisings, Alexander Balus was composed in the summer of 1747 and premiered on 23 March 1748.Dramatis personae
* Alexander Balus, King of Syria (alto)
* Ptolemee, King of Egypt (bass)
* Jonathan, Chief of the Jews (tenor)
* Cleopatra, Daughter to Ptolemee (soprano)
* Aspasia, her Confident (soprano)
* A Sycophant Courtier (tenor)
* Messenger (tenor)
* Another Messenger (bass)
* Chorus of Israelites
* Chorus of Asiates
* Chorus of RuffiansE-book
[http://mdz1.bib-bvb.de/~db/0001/bsb00016772/images/ Score] of "Alexander Balus" (ed.
Friedrich Chrysander , Leipzig 1870)External links
* [http://gfhandel.org/43to100.htm#HWV65 Alexander Balus] information at [http://www.gfhandel.org gfhandel.org] .
* Full-text [http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/albalus.htm libretto] hosted byStanford University .
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