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Seelewig or Das geistliche Waldgedicht oder Freudenspiel genant Seelewig (The Sacred Forest Poem or Play of Rejoicing called Seelewig) is an opera in a prologue, three acts and an epilogue by the German composer Sigmund Theophil Staden.
The most famous German-born opera composer of the era, Handel, wrote four operas for Hamburg at the beginning of his career but soon moved on to write opera seria in Italy and England. [5] In 1738, the Theater am Gänsemarkt went bankrupt and the fortunes of serious opera in German went into decline for the next few decades.
Wagner regarded this German Romantic opera as the true beginning of his career. [81] 1843 Don Pasquale (Donizetti). Donizetti's "comic masterpiece" is one of the last great opera buffas. [82] 1843 I Lombardi alla prima crociata (Verdi). Verdi's follow-up to Nabucco was the first of his operas to be performed in America. [83]
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In 1644, Sigmund Theophil Staden composed Seelewig, the first opera in German. [65] In 1678 the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg opened, becoming the leading operatic city in the Germanic area. [ 44 ] In Munich , the elector Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria sponsored opera, to which Johann Caspar Kerll and Agostino Steffani devoted themselves.
The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given. For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, see List of operas by composer.
August 12 – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, German composer of sonatas (died 1704) [2] December 23 – Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, Peruvian organist and composer (died 1728) date unknown. Maria Cattarina Calegari, Italian composer, singer, organist, and nun (died after 1675) [3] Václav Karel Holan Rovenský, Czech organist and composer (died ...
Arrangement of the overture to the Italian opera "Il pastor fido" 456-2 Arrangement c. 1720–1727 Arrangement of the overture to the Italian opera "Amadigi" 456-3 Arrangement c. 1720–1727 Arrangement of the overture to the Italian opera "Flavio" 456-4 Arrangement c. 1720–1727 Arrangement of the overture to the Italian opera "Rodelinda" 456-5