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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.
Weber's masterpiece was the first great German Romantic opera. [48] 1823 Euryanthe (von Weber). Despite its weak libretto, Euryanthe had a great influence on later German operas, including Wagner's Lohengrin. [49] 1823 Semiramide (Rossini). This is the last opera that Rossini composed in Italy. [50] 1825 La dame blanche (François-Adrien ...
Queen Elizabeth I of England (see also Category:Operas about Elizabeth I) Thomas Arne: Eliza (she does not appear as a character as such, but the opera is named for her) Benjamin Britten: Gloriana; Gaetano Donizetti: Il castello di Kenilworth; Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux; Edward German: Merrie England
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George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ ˈ h æ n d əl / HAN-dəl; [a] baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, [b] German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ⓘ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) [3] [c] was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
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 ...
Operas published/created/first performed in the decade 1640s, i.e. in the years 1640 to 1649. 1590s; 1600s; ... 1644 operas (2 P) 1645 operas (1 P)