Solomon (Handel)

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Solomon (German: Salomo or Salomon ; HWV 67) is an oratorio in three parts by Georg Friedrich Handel .

Georg Friedrich Händel: Entry of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon . Advent Chamber Orchestra, Roxanna Pavel Goldstein (conductor), November 2006

Emergence

Handel began working on the Solomon on May 5, 1748. He finished the first act on May 23rd and filled in the votes by May 26th. He completed work on the other two files on June 13th.

The first performance took place on March 17, 1749 at the Theater Royal in Covent Garden , London .

libretto

The librettist of the work is unknown. While it has been suggested that Thomas Morell may have provided the text, Winton Dean argues that the nature metaphors are rather unusual for Morell's dry style.

The libretto is essentially based on the books of the kings ( 1 Kings 1-11  KJV ) and the chronicle ( 2 Chr 1-9  KJV ). To visit the Queen of Sheba who found Antiquitates Judaicae the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus use.

music

The entry of the Queen of Sheba , with which the third act opens, has become known outside of the entire work. This instrumental was performed at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics when James Bond , played by Daniel Craig , conducted Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace .

people

The cast was sung by the following singers at the world premiere:

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