''Tobiae matrimonium, actio sacra pro filiabus chori S. Lazari'' is a 1794 oratorio by

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 ...

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 Ensemble, director and harpsichord Franz Hauk. recorded 14-18 July 2007, Assam church of Maria de Victoria, Ingolstadt, Germany. 2CD Naxos

References

{{Authority control 1794 compositions Oratorios by Simon Mayr