HAYDN: Die Schˆpfung

Die Schˆpfung, Oratorium in drei Teilen

Music composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Libretto by Gottfried van Swieten based on selections from the Book of Genesis and Paradise Lost by John Milton.

Il barbiere di Siviglia, Royal Opera House, London

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