by Rene Jacobs · Harmonia Mundi · DVD · EAN 0794881968794
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«Belshazzar» is the musical film by René Jacobs (2011), starring Kenneth Tarver, Rosemary Joshua and Bejun Mehta, on DVD.
Handel oratorio dramatising the fall of Babylon. King Belshazzar and his court are mired in political and moral decay while the Persian prince Cyrus approaches to take the city. The conflict between pride, power and destiny is expressed in arias of great tension and monumental choruses.
Stage direction by Christof Nel; recorded at the 2008 Aix-en-Provence Festival with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the RIAS-Kammerchor. Two discs, DTS 5.1 sound and NTSC format.
For fans of Baroque oratorio and staged opera who want to enjoy a great choral production.
