Oratorio in 3 parts,
sometimes fully staged as an opera
Libretto
Charles Jennens
Premiere
London: March 27, 1745 - King's Theatre
Cast
BELSHAZZAR, King of Babylon (tenor)
NITOCRIS, Mother of Belshazzar (soprano)
CYRUS, Prince of Persia (alto)
DANIEL, a Jewish Prophet (alto)
GOBRIAS, an Assyrian Nobleman, revolted to Cyrus (bass)
ARIOCH, a Babylonian Lord (tenor)
MESSENGER (bass)
WISE MEN
CHORUS of Jews
CHORUS of Babylonians
CHORUS of Medes & Persians
Place
Babylon
Time
538 BC.