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4. Recitative
Enter Daniel. Oh, much belov'd Of God and man! Say, is there aught can save This sinking state? Daniel Great Queen, 'tis not for man To pry into the counsels of omniscience. But you have done your duty, I mine. No more remains but to submit to what God, only wise and just, ordains.
7. Recitative
Cyrus 'Tis that security Shall aid me to their ruin. I tell thee, Gobrias, I will revenge thy wrongs upon the head Of this inhuman king.
13. Recitative
Gobrias It does. Cyrus And I have heard you say, that on the west A monstrous lake, on ev'ry side extended, Four hundred furlongs, while the banks were made, Receiv'd th'exhausted river? Gobrias 'Tis most true. Cyrus Might we not then By the same means now drain Euphrates dry, And through its channel march into the city? Gobrias Suppose this done: yet still the brazen gates, Which from the city to the river lead, Will bar our passage, always shut by night, When we must make th'attempt. Could...
24. Recitative
Nitocris I must prevent thee, son. Who can endure Th'unbridled license of this festival, Miscall'd by the licentious, liberty? Where nought prevails but riotous excess, The noisy idiot laugh, the jest obscene, The scurril taunt, and drunken midnight brawl. My soul starts back at such brutality, Asserting reason's empire.
26. Recitative
Nitocris Oh, sacrilege, Unheard of profanation!
28. Recitative
Belshazzar Away! Is then my mother convert grown To Jewish superstition? Apostate queen! These idle tales might well become the dotage Of palsied eld, but not a queen like you, In prime of life, for wisdon far renown'd. On to the feast! I waste my time too long In frivolous dispute, time, due of right To pleasure and the gods.
Belshazzar Alt ernative. Title Name Translations Baldassar; ベルシャザル (ヘンデル) Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176804870; LCCN: no95031605; GND: 300064233; BNF: 13913707d: Composer Handel, George Frideric: Opus/Catalogue Number Op./Cat. No. HWV 61 I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. No. IGH 84 Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 3 acts
- Handel, George Frideric
- Belshazzar
- Baldassar; ベルシャザル (ヘンデル)
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Listen to Handel: Belshazzar by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants on Apple Music. 2013. 45 Songs. Duration: 2 hours, 46 minutes. Album · 2013 · 45 Songs
Listen to Handel: Belshazzar (English Oratorio From 1751, Performed According To The Traditions Of The Time) on Spotify. George Frideric Handel · Album · 2010 · 52 songs.
