The Creation (Haydn)

The Creation is an oratorio by Joseph Haydn which some consider his masterpiece. As the name suggests, the work celebrates the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis.

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The Creation (Haydn) Media

Portrait of Joseph Haydn by Johann Carl Rößler (1799)
Portrait of the librettist Gottfried van Swieten, Austrian politician and librarian
Haydn lived in this large house, then in the suburbs of Vienna, while composing The Creation. It is a Haydn museum today.
Old Burgtheater, site of the 1799 public premiere in Vienna
Old Covent Garden theatre, site of the English premiere in 1800; engraving from 1808
1808 performance of The Creation in honour of Haydn; reproduction of a stationery box lid painted in watercolours by Balthazar Wigand
A view of plant life that Haydn knew well. Albert Christoph Dies created this painting of the beautiful palace gardens in Eisenstadt, the property of their shared employer Prince Esterházy. Dies also penned a Haydn biography.
The nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) has served as a powerful literary symbol for millennia; for discussion see Nightingale