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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II


Creators (2)

Composer

  1. George Frideric Handel German-British baroque composer

Librettist

  1. Charles Jennens

Related Works (25)

Parts

  1. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Chorus "Oh misery! - oh terror! - hopeless grief!"
  2. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Oh king! live for ever!" (Nitocris, Belshazzar)
  3. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "No! to thyself thy trifles be" (Daniel)
  4. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Yet, to obey his dread command" (Daniel)
  5. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Ye sages! welcome always to your king" (Belshazzar)
  6. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Oh sentence too severe!" (Nitocris)
  7. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "Regard, oh son, my flowing tears" (Nitocris)
  8. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 3, Air "Oh God of Truth! oh faithful guide!" (Cyrus)
  9. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 3, Recitativo "You, Gobrias, lead directry to the palace" (Cyrus)
  10. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 3, Chorus "Oh glorious prince!"
  11. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Alas! too hard a task the king imposes" (Wise Men)
  12. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 1, Chorus "To arms, to arms! no more delay!" (Persians)
  13. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Chorus "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"
  14. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess" (Belshazzar)
  15. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?" (Belshazzar, Chorus)
  16. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Call all my Wise Men" (Belshazzar)
  17. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 1, Chorus "See, from his post Euphrates flies!"
  18. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 1, Recitativo "You see, my friends, a path" (Cyrus)
  19. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 1, Air "Amaz'd to find the foe so near" (Cyrus)
  20. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, no. 22. Semi-Chorus "Why, faithless river" number
  21. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, no. 23. Semi-Chorus "Euphrates has his task fullfill'd" number
  22. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, no. 24. Chorus "Oh things on earth, proud man must own" number
  23. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act 2, Scene 2, A Sinfony (Allegro Postillions) number
  24. Belshazzar, HWV 61

Later Versions

  1. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II translated