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Pages in category "Operas based on the Bible" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Dèbora e Jaéle (Deborah and Jael) is an opera in three acts composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti who also wrote the libretto. The libretto is based on the story of Deborah and Jael from the Book of Judges in the Bible. However, it differs in several ways from the traditional Biblical account, primarily in the motivations of its characters and the ...
David et Jonathas (David and Jonathan), H.490, is an opera in five acts and a prologue by the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier, first performed at the Collège Louis-le-Grand, Paris, on 28 February 1688. The libretto, by Father François Bretonneau, is based on the Old Testament story of the friendship between David and Jonathan.
The opera uses a Hebrew language libretto by Armand Lunel which is based on the Books of Samuel. [1] The work was commissioned with funds provided by conductor Serge Koussevitzky who died prior to the opera's premiere, and was composed in celebration of the 3,000th anniversary of the founding of the city of Jerusalem by King David ; the man who ...
The Gospel According to the Other Mary is an opera-oratorio by the American composer John Adams.The world premiere took place on May 31, 2012, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic [1] who also premiered the staged version on March 7, 2013, at the same venue.
L'enfant prodigue (The Prodigal Son) is a grand opera in five acts composed by Daniel Auber to a French libretto by Eugène Scribe based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Chapter 15 of the Gospel of Luke. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Nationale de Musique in Paris on 6 December 1850.
Operas based on the Bible (40 P) E. Operas set in ancient Egypt (1 C, 19 P) G. Operas set in ancient Greece (19 P) L. Operas set in the Levant (1 C, 14 P) M.
Alexander the Great who appears as a character in over seventy operas, including two by George Frideric Handel. This is a list of historical figures who have been characters in opera or operetta. Historical accuracy in such works has often been subject to the imperatives of dramatic presentation. Consequently, in many cases: