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Jephte (Jephthah) is a Latin oratorio by Italian composer Giacomo Carissimi, believed to have been composed around 1649. The work is based on the biblical story of Jephthah from the Book of Judges, who vows to sacrifice the first thing he sees after returning from battle, only to be greeted by his d...
Baltazar is a Latin oratorio by Italian composer Giacomo Carissimi based on the biblical account of Belshazzar’s feast in the Book of Daniel. The drama centers on the king’s sacrilegious banquet, the mysterious writing that appears during the feast, and the interpretation of the warning that follows...
Judicium Salomonis is a Latin oratorio by the Italian composer Giacomo Carissimi, based on the biblical judgment of Solomon. The work presents the dispute between two women claiming the same child and uses solo voices, chorus, and continuo to turn the judicial episode into a compact sacred drama. It...
Abraham et Isaac is a Latin oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi that retells the biblical account of Abraham being commanded to sacrifice his son Isaac. A narrator, known as the testo, relates and comments on the action while the other vocal parts give the principal figures direct dramatic expression. The...
Latin oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi, the 17th-century Italian composer widely regarded as a founding figure of the oratorio genre.
Historia di Ezechia is a Latin oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi dramatizing King Hezekiah's illness and miraculous recovery as recounted in the Book of Isaiah.
Dives Malus is a Latin oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi based on the New Testament parable of the rich man and Lazarus, notable for its vivid depiction of hellish torment.
