Name: Belshazzar
Start: 2023-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Halle E im MuseumsQuartier

Organization

Conductor

Christina Pluhar

Stage director

Marie-Eve Signeyrole

Set designer

Fabien Teigné

Costume designer

Yashi

Lighting designer

Sascha Zauner

Dramaturge

Leyli Daryoush

Singer

Tenor

Robert Murray

Belshazzar

Soprano

Jeanine De Bique

Nitocris

Contralto

Vivica Genaux

Cyrus

Bass

Michael Nagl

Gobrias

Eva Zaïcik

Daniel

Video designer

Laurent La Rosa

Chorus master

Erwin Ortner

Céline Baril

MusikTheater an der Wien

Others

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

L’Arpeggiata

Béarla

Vienna

Austria

Halle E im MuseumsQuartier

Belshazzar Händel

Public

Gearmáinis

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

What constitutes legitimate government? To what extent is a head of government permitted to place his own interests at the centre of affairs of state? Can members of different religions ever live and work together peacefully? Handel’s 1745 oratorio Belshazzar continues to ask questions of global relevance today. In mid-18th-century England it was forbidden to show any biblical subjects on the stage. But by the time the mysterious words “Mene, mene, tekel” appear on the palace wall during a riotous feast, words that only the prophet Daniel can interpret, theology and thrilling drama have merged in Handel’s oratorio to form a unity of musical theatre. The French director Marie-Eve Signeyrole stages the fall of Babylon under its infamous ruler Belshazzar. In her production, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir portrays no fewer than three hostile Middle Eastern peoples who are carried by music performed by Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L’Arpeggiata.

English

Was ist rechtmäßige Herrschaft? Wie weit darf ein politisches Oberhaupt eigene Interessen in den Mittelpunkt des Staatsgeschäftes stellen? Können Gläubige unterschiedlicher Religionen jemals zu einem friedvollen Miteinander finden? Händels OratoriumBelshazzar von 1745 stellt nach wie vor weltbewegende Fragen. Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts durften in England keine biblischen Stoffe szenisch dargestellt werden. Doch spätestens wenn während eines rauschenden Festes der mysteriöse Schriftzug „Mene, mene, tekel“ an der Palastwand erscheint, den einzig der Prophet Daniel zu deuten weiß, verbinden sich in Händels Oratorium Theologie und packende Dramatik zu einer musiktheatralischen Einheit. Die französische Regisseurin Marie-Eve Signeyrole inszeniert den Fall Babylons unter seinem berüchtigten Herrscher Belshazzar. Hierfür stellt der Arnold Schoenberg Chor gleich drei verfeindete Völker aus dem Nahen Osten dar, musikalisch getragen von Christina Pluhar und ihrem Ensemble L’Arpeggiata.

Deutsch

Belshazzar by Händel, Dom 26 Feab 2023, Ó (2023/2023), Faoi stiúir Marie-Eve Signeyrole,, Seoltóir Christina Pluhar, Halle E im MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid