In Handel’s ora­to­rio Belshazzar, the reck­less and ine­bri­at­ed crown prince of Babylonia faces the inglo­ri­ous down­fall of his empire. Dramatic recita­tives, over­whelm­ing cho­rus­es and heartrend­ing arias: this is Handel at his very best. With this inter­na­tion­al­ly acclaimed pro­duc­tion, Ottavio Dantone and his Accademia Bizantina con­clude a deliri­ous edi­tion of the MAfestival.