Detail from Emperor Maximilian triumphal - Albrecht Altdorfer

Belshazzar, George Frideric Händel. Premiered on 27 March 1745 at the King's Theatre in London.


Destructive war, thy limits know;

Here, tyrant death, thy terrors end.

To tyrants only I'm a foe,

To virtue and her friends, a friend.

Destructive war...

The Battle of Alexander at Issus, Albrecht Altdorfer