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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 libretto, by the Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, is based on the Biblical story of Jephtha. The oratorio was first performed at the Académie royale de musique , Paris on 28 February 1732. It was the first opera in France using a story from the Bible to appear on a public stage.
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 ...
Esther is an American opera in 3 acts composed by Hugo Weisgall, with a libretto by Charles Kondek. Esther was premiered by the New York City Opera in October 1993. The opera is about Esther's struggle as she becomes the queen of Persia, and her heroic triumph over the evil Prime Minister Haman and his plot of exterminating the Jews.
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:
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.