Belshazzar

Handel Belshazzar opera to a libretto by Charles Jennens. Directed 2008 by Christof Nel with Martina Jochem at the Aix Festival. Stars Kenneth Tarver, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta, Kristina Hammarström, Neal Davies, Christina Sampson, Lucy Taylor, Andrew Radley, Richard Wilberforce, Vernon Kirk, and Andrew Davies. René Jacobs conducts the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the RIAS Kammerchor (Chorus Master Tim Brown). Sets by Roland Aeschlimann; costumes by Bettina Walter; lighting by Olaf Freese; filmed Don Kent. Released 2011, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound.  Grade: Help!

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