Brenno (opera)
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| Title: | Brennus |
| Original title: | Brenno |
German title page of the libretto, Berlin 1789 |
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| Shape: | “A musical drama” in three acts |
| Original language: | Italian German |
| Music: | Johann Friedrich Reichardt |
| Libretto : | Antonio de Filistri da Caramondani |
| Premiere: | October 16, 1789 |
| Place of premiere: | Royal Opera Berlin |
| Place and time of the action: | 4th century BC Chr. |
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Brenno or Brennus is an opera (original name: "A musical drama") in three acts by Johann Friedrich Reichardt . The libretto is by Antonio de Filistri da Caramondani . It was premiered on October 16, 1789 at the Royal Opera in Berlin.
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The opera is about the Gallic conqueror Brennus (here Brenno ) who invaded Tuscany with an army of colonists and finally in 387 BC. Wants to storm and plunder Rome.
After a victory over the Romans, Brennus received the news that Hostilia , the wife of the Roman general Fabius, was among the prisoners . After Fabius tried to help her escape, he offers her life at his side, combined with Fabius' death. Fabius wants to do without Hostilia to save the country, but she has not yet agreed. When Selinde, Brenno's wife, arrives, Hostilia's willingness to make sacrifices and the words of his wife move him to give peace and reunite Fabius and Hostilia.
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The Brenno Triumphal March appeared in military music literature and was used as a military march for some time. The opera was written “at the instigation of Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia”, who had a predilection for the Italian court operas.
Work history
The "musical drama" ( dramma per musica ) with choirs and dances in three acts was created in 1789. It was premiered on October 16, 1789 at the Royal Opera in Berlin , making it the first German-language opera performance there.
Web links
- Brenno : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Libretto (Italian / German), Berlin 1789. Digitalisat the Berlin State Library
- Libretto (German), Berlin 1798. Digitized from the Library of Congress
- Brenno (Johann Friedrich Reichardt) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: JW Goethe- JF Reichardt correspondence. Boehlaus Herrmann Nachf, Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-7400-1194-7 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ↑ Montasregister . August 1808. In: Jenaische Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung . 1808 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Gerald Fink: New functions for an old stage tradition. Richard Wagner's music in the theater. Dissertation from the University of Würzburg, pp. 17–22 ( online ).
- ^ Reichardt, Johann Friedrich on operone.de ( memento from January 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ).