Handel Belshazzar
“Help, help the king! He faints, he dies!” A nation in chains, a tyrant’s feast – and at the height of the revels, four words that spell doom. Handel retold a classic Old Testament tale when he premiered his oratorio Belshazzar in 1745 – but this being London, he was out to entertain as well, and this red-blooded Biblical epic pulses with drama. First performed right here in the West End, it gets superstar treatment tonight, with a cast that includes singers of the calibre of Beth Taylor and Ed Lyon plus the unstoppable vocal and orchestral forces of John Butt’s Dunedin Consort.
Programme:
Handel Belshazzar
Performers:
Ed Lyon Belshazzar
Nardus Williams Nitocris
Beth Taylor Cyrus
Matthew Brook Gobrias
Alexander Chance Daniel
Dunedin Consort
John Butt director and harpsichord
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Thu, 14 Jan 2027
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
7:00pm
£10 - £45
Full Event Details
The writing on the wall: Handel’s epic Belshazzar returns to the West End with the Dunedin Consort and a world-class cast.
“Help, help the king! He faints, he dies!” A nation in chains, a tyrant’s feast – and at the height of the revels, four words that spell doom. Handel retold a classic Old Testament tale when he premiered his oratorio Belshazzar in 1745 – but this being London, he was out to entertain as well, and this red-blooded Biblical epic pulses with drama. First performed right here in the West End, it gets superstar treatment tonight, with a cast that includes singers of the calibre of Beth Taylor and Ed Lyon plus the unstoppable vocal and orchestral forces of John Butt’s Dunedin Consort.
Programme:
Handel Belshazzar
Performers:
Ed Lyon Belshazzar
Nardus Williams Nitocris
Beth Taylor Cyrus
Matthew Brook Gobrias
Alexander Chance Daniel
Dunedin Consort
John Butt director and harpsichord
Venue Details & Map
Location
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 4JJ
