Handel's Saul

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Handel's_Saul

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:Books_of_Samuel
gptkbp:catalogueNumber	gptkb:HWV_53
gptkbp:commissionedBy	unknown
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:George_Frideric_Handel
gptkbp:duration	approximately 2.5 hours
gptkbp:firstPublished	1761
gptkbp:genre	sacred oratorio
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Handel's Saul
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Charles_Jennens
gptkbp:notableAria	O fatal consequence of rage
gptkbp:notableChorus	gptkb:Envy,_eldest_born_of_hell
gptkbp:numberOfActs	three
gptkbp:orchestration	organ, carillon, trombones, harp, timpani, trumpets, strings, woodwinds
gptkbp:period	Baroque
gptkbp:premiereDate	16 January 1739
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:King's_Theatre,_London
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Ancient_Israel
gptkbp:structure	overture, recitatives, arias, choruses
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:David gptkb:Michal gptkb:Samuel Jonathan Saul, first King of Israel
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Philharmonia_Baroque_Orchestra gptkb:William_Savage gptkb:The_Philharmonia_Baroque_Orchestra
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7