Betulia liberata ("The Liberation of Bethulia") is the title of a libretto by Pietro Metastasio which was originally commissioned by Emperor Charles VI and set by Georg Reutter the younger in 1734. It was subsequently set by as many as 30 composers, including Niccolò Jommelli (1743), Ignaz Holzbauer (1752), Leopold Kozeluch (1780), Joseph Schuster (1787), Antonio Salieri (1821), and most famously Mozart (1771).
Librettist | Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782) |
Date of composition | 1771 |
Type | Oratorio |
Tonality | F Major |
Catalogue | KV 118 |
Spoken language | Italian |
Instruments |
Voice
- Solo voices ;
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
Autotranslations beta |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Betulia liberata en fa majeur, KV 118 "The Liberation of Bethulia ; Azione sacre" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Betulia liberata in fa maggiore, KV 118 "The Liberation of Bethulia ; Azione sacre" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Betulia liberata F-dur, KV 118 "The Liberation of Bethulia ; Azione sacre" |