Heinrich Hinsch

Heinrich Hinsch , also Hinrich Hinsch or Heinrich Hintz , (* 1650 ; † May 5, 1712 in Hamburg ) was a German lawyer and librettist .

Life

Heinrich Hinsch was one of the most productive librettists at Hamburg's " Oper am Gänsemarkt ". Little is known about his life. Hinsch probably came from Stade and was possibly also born there. He studied theology , then devoted himself but the jurisprudence . It is not known where Hinsch studied. At the University of Rostock two matriculations would come into question: in June 1672 under the name Henricus Hintze and on April 30, 1674 under the name Henricus Hinze. Stade was given as the place of origin. After Hinsch obtained his doctorate in law (where again is unknown), he settled as a lawyer in Hamburg.

Works (opera libretti)

• Venus or The Conquering Love; Music by Georg Bronner , [1694 Hamburg]
• Victor, Hertzog of the Normans; Music by Johann Mattheson [1702 Hamburg]
• The damned state lust, or The seduced Claudius ; Music by Reinhard Keizer ; Hamburg: Spieringk, [1703 Hamburg]
• Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, overthrown and exalted again; Music by Reinhard Keizer; [1703 Hamburg]
• La fedeltá coronata, or The Crowned Faithfulness; Music by Reinhard Keizer [1706 Hamburg]
• Dido, Queen of Carthage ; Music by Christoph Graupner , [Hamburg 1707]
• Florindo ( The Happy Florindo ); Music by Georg Friedrich Händel , [Hamburg 1708]
• Daphne ( The transformed Daphne ); Music by Georg Friedrich Händel, [Hamburg 1708]
• Lucius Verus or The Triumphant Faithfulness; Music by Reinhard Keizer; Hamburg: Stromer [1728 Hamburg]

literature

• Heinrich Hintz / Hinsch in: Hans Schröder: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present, Volume 3, Hamburg 1857, No. 1625

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See the entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
2. ↑ See the entry in the Rostock matriculation portal