The Burning Fiery Furnace
The Burning Fiery Furnace è un’opera in di Benjamin Britten, rappresentata per la prima volta nel 1966.
The Burning Fiery Furnace is an English music drama with music composed by Benjamin Britten, his Opus 77, to a libretto by William Plomer. One of Britten's three Parables for Church Performances, this work received its premiere at the St Bartholomew's Church, Orford, Suffolk, England, on 9 June 1966 by the English Opera Group.
Trama di The Burning Fiery Furnace
The Burning Fiery Furnace tells the story of Nebuchadnezzar (the historical Nebuchadnezzar II) and the three Israelites, Ananias, Misael and Asarias (corresponding Babylonian names: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego), who were thrown into a furnace for their refusal to worship Nebuchadnezzar's image of gold. However, God saves them from death, as the voice of an angel joins the Israelites in a 'Benedicite'.
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Cast e personaggi di The Burning Fiery Furnace
6 personaggi documentati da Wikidata con indicazione del registro vocale:
- personNebuchadnezzar (tenor)
- personMisael (Meshach) (tenor)
- personAstrologer (baritone)
- personAnanias (Shadrack) (baritone)
- personAzarias (Abednego) (baritone)
- personHerald and Leader of the Courtiers (baritone)
Libretto di The Burning Fiery Furnace
Il libretto è scritto da William Plomer.
Da Book of Daniel all’opera
The Burning Fiery Furnace è un adattamento di Book of Daniel — soggetto letterario di partenza per il libretto.
Altre opere di Benjamin Britten
- Peter Grimes (1945)
- The Rape of Lucretia (1946)
- Albert Herring (1947)
- The Little Sweep (1949)
- Billy Budd (1951)
- Gloriana (1953)
- The Turn of the Screw (1954)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960)
- The Golden Vanity (1967)
- Death in Venice (1973)
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