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Sisara (Mayr)
''Sisara'' is a 1793 Latin oratorio by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Giuseppe Foppa who also supplied the Latin texts for ''Iacob a Labano fugiens'' (1791) and '' Tobiae matrimonium'' (1794).John Allitt ''Giovanni Simone Mayr: vita, musica, pensiero'' 1995 p376 "1793 Ero (cantata per Bianca Sacchetti, l'ultima direttrice dei Mendicanti, testo di Foppa) Sisara (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo di Foppa). 1794 Stabat Mater "a quattro" n. 5 Tobia o Tobiae Matrimonium (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo in latino e in italiano di Foppa) La Passione (oratorio in ... 1795 David in Spelunca Engaddi (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo di Foppa?) Recording * ''Sisara'' Sisara – Vanessa Barkowski (mezzo-soprano), Jahel – Talia Or Talia Or is an Israeli-born operatic and concert soprano based in Germany. Her repertoire ranges from concert and lied to contemporary music. She is a lecturer on singing at University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Mayr
Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. He was an early inspiration to Rossini and taught and advocated for Donizetti. Life He was born in Mendorf near Altmannstein, Landkreis Eichstätt, Bavaria, and studied theology at the University of Ingolstadt, continuing his studies in Italy from 1787. He was closely associated with the Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt while a student in Ingolstadt, and the ideals of the French Enlightenment were a strong influence on his philosophy as a musician as corroborated by his famed ''Zibaldone'' or "Notebooks" compiled toward the end of his career. Shortly thereafter, he took music lessons with Carlo Lenzi, and later with Ferdinando Bertoni. He moved to Bergamo in 1802 and was appointed ''maestro di cappella'' at the Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Foppa
Giuseppe Maria Foppa (Venice, 12 July 1760 – Venice, 1 March 1845) was an Italian librettist. He wrote around 150 libretti, mainly for comic operas, as well as Latin oratorio texts and his memoirs.Richard Osborne ''Rossini'' 2007 0199724407 p.368 "Foppa, Giuseppe (1760–1845), librettist. An archivist and government official, he wrote some 150 opera libretti. A master of the one-act farsa popular in Venice from the early 1790s, he drew his material from French and Neapolitan sources," Librettos * ''Romeo and Juliet'', for Nicola Antonio Zingarelli *''L'inganno felice'', ''La scala di seta'', ''Il signor Bruschino'' and ''Sigismondo'' (1814) for Gioachino Rossini *''Gli artigiani'', 1795 for Pasquale Anfossi *''L'intrigo della lettera'' 1797, and several oratorios for Simone Mayr *''Lo spazzacamino principe'' 1794, and ''Le donne cambiate'' 1797 for Marcos António Portugal *''Teresa e Claudio'', 1801 for Giuseppe Farinelli *'' Le metamorfosi di Pasquale'', 1802 for Gaspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iacob A Labano Fugiens
''Iacob a Labano fugiens'' is a 1791 oratorio by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa for the Conservatorio dei Mendicanti San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti is an ancient church in the sestiere of Castello, Venice, northern Italy, with a facade facing a Rio of the same name. It now serves as the chapel of the Civic Hospital of Venice. History By 1224, a hospital for lep ..., Venice.John Allitt ''Giovanni Simone Mayr: vita, musica, pensiero'' 1995 p376 "1793 Ero (cantata per Bianca Sacchetti, l'ultima direttrice dei Mendicanti, testo di Foppa) Sisara (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo di Foppa). 1794 Stabat Mater "a quattro" n. 5 Tobia o Tobiae Matrimonium (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo in latino e in italiano di Foppa) La Passione (oratorio in ... 1795 David in Spelunca Engaddi (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo di Foppa?) Recordings * ''Iacob a Labano fugiens''. Franz Hauk. 1CD Naxos References {{Authority control 1791 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobiae Matrimonium
''Tobiae matrimonium, actio sacra pro filiabus chori S. Lazari'' is a 1794 oratorio by Simon Mayr to a Latin libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa Giuseppe Maria Foppa (Venice, 12 July 1760 – Venice, 1 March 1845) was an Italian librettist. He wrote around 150 libretti, mainly for comic operas, as well as Latin oratorio texts and his memoirs.Richard Osborne ''Rossini'' 2007 0199724407 p .... It was the third of Mayr's works written for the Ospedale dei Mendicanti. No exact date or circumstances for the original performance are known.Anja Morgenstern '' Die Oratorien von Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845) '' 2007 "Tobiae matrimonium (1794) Für diese Azione sacra ist nur das Jahr ihrer Aufführung 1794, nicht aber ein genaues Datum oder ein Anlaß bekannt." Recordings * Raguel - Judith Spiesser (soprano), Anna – Margriet Buchberger (soprano), Sara – Cornelia (soprano), Tobias – Stefanie Iranyi (mezzo), archangel Raphael – Susanne Bernhard (soprano). Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talia Or
Talia Or is an Israeli-born operatic and concert soprano based in Germany. Her repertoire ranges from concert and lied to contemporary music. She is a lecturer on singing at University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Musikhochschule München. Early life and education Born in Jerusalem, Or grew up in Germany from age four, when her family moved to Aachen. Her father was a teacher at the synagogue, and her mother a singer in the opera chorus. She appeared on the stage of Stadttheater Aachen at the age of ten. She studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Musikhochschule Hamburg. Career While still a student Or made her debut at Hamburg State Opera as Taumännchen in Humperdinck's ''Hänsel und Gretel (opera), Hänsel und Gretel'' and Papagena in Mozart's ''Die Zauberflöte, Zauberflöte''. As a member of the opera studio of La Monnaie in Brussels, she appeared in 2002 as Cherubino in Mozart's ''Le nozze di Figaro''. In Munich she was part of Junges Ensemble of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1793 Oratorios
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