List of Telemann's operas
The list of operas by Telemann includes the operas written by Georg Philipp Telemann .
General
Georg Philipp Telemann wrote his first opera at the age of twelve. In his autobiography he himself claims to have written "several and twenty" operas for the Leipzig Opera . The Leipzig operas were only performed during trade fairs. Telemann wrote the texts for many of his Leipzig operas himself, played the figured bass in the orchestra or sang operatic roles himself. In the years 1702–1705 he composed four operas for the court in Weißenfels. He also created operas for the court in Bayreuth, but most of them were written for the opera at Gänsemarkt , for which he also arranged for Georg Friedrich Handel's operas, among other things . Thus around 50 of these works should have been created in his creative life. Some of his operas or arias from operas, believed to be lost, have only been rediscovered in recent years. B. Pastorelle en Musique or Musical Shepherd Game , Germanicus and arias from Mario , Der laughing Democritus etc.
Operas
| TWV | title | Elevators | libretto | premiere | place | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oop. | Sigismundis | Christian Heinrich Postel | circa 1693 | Magdeburg ? | ||
| 21: 0 | Serenity, you refreshment of quiet souls | |||||
| 21: 1 | The laughing Democritus | 3 acts | Christine Dorothea Salmon after Nicolò Minato | New Year Mass 1704 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | received some arias |
| 21: 2 | Ferdinand and Isabella | 5 acts | Georg Philipp Telemann | New Year Mass 1703 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | |
| oop. | Lucius Verus | 3 acts | after Apostolo Zeno ? | Easter Mass 1703 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | |
| oop. | Ulysses | 3 acts | after Matteo Noris ? | Michaelmas Mass 1703 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | Attribution not sure |
| 21: 3 | Cajus caligula | 3 acts | Christine Dorothea Lachs after Daniel Gisberti | Easter Mass 1704 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | |
| oop. | Germanicus | 3 acts | Christine Dorothea Salmon | Michealismesse 1704, new version Michaelismesse 1710 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | Reconstructed in 2007 |
| oop. | Perseus and Andromeda | 3 acts | after Pierre Corneille ? | New Year Mass 1704 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | Attribution uncertain |
| oop. | Aeneas | 3 acts | ? | Easter Mass 1705 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | Attribution uncertain |
| 21: 4 | Adonis | 3 acts | Georg Christian Lehms | Easter Mass 1708 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | received some arias |
| 21: 5 | Narcissus | 3 acts | Johann Christian Rau after Apostolo Zeno | New Year Mass 1709 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | received some arias |
| 21: 6 | Mario | 3 acts | German after Silvio Stampiglia | Easter Mass 1709 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | received some arias |
| oop. | The Syrian balance | 3 acts | Barthold enemy | Michaelmas Mass 1711 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | received some arias |
| 21: 7 | The unfortunate Alcmeon or Jupiter and Semele | 3 acts | Georg Philipp Telemann? | Easter mass 1711 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | received some arias |
| oop. | Ariadne | 3 acts | Georg Philipp Telemann after Christian Heinrich Postel | New Year's Mass 1712 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | received some arias |
| oop. | Almire and Fernando | 3 acts | Georg Philipp Telemann? after Friedrich Christian Feustking | Easter mass 1714 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | received some arias |
| oop. | The royal shepherdess Margenis | 3 acts | Georg Philipp Telemann? | 1715 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | preserved some arias; Attribution uncertain |
| oop. | The satyrs in Arcadia | 3 acts | Georg Philipp Telemann? | Michaelmas Mass 1718 | Opera am Brühl (Leipzig) | received some arias |
| oop. | Pastorelle en Musique or musical shepherd game | 10 elevators | probably Georg Philipp Telemann | Made 1712–1721 | completely preserved | |
| 21: 8 | The Newfangled Lover Damon (The Satyrs in Arcadia) | 3 acts | Georg Philipp Telemann after Pietro Pariati | 1719; Aug 30, 1724 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt , Hamburg | completely preserved |
| 21: 9 | The patient Socrates | 3 acts | Johann Ulrich von König after Nicolò Minato | Jan. 28, 1721 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | completely preserved |
| 21:10 | Genserich or The Victory of Beauty | 3 acts | Christian Heinrich Postel | July 13, 1723, 1725 amended version |
Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | completely preserved |
| 21:11 | Belshazzar or The End of Babylonian Rule | 3 acts plus 3 acts | Joachim Beccau | July 19, 1723 (Part I) Sept. 22 , 1723 (Part II) |
Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | received some arias |
| 21:12 | Alerich or The Punishment Rod of Ruined Rome (Stilico) | 3 acts | Aug 2, 1723 | Bayreuth | Attribution uncertain | |
| 21:13 | The resolution of the Carnival "Il Capitano" | 3 acts | Schwemschuh | Feb 21, 1724 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | |
| 21:14 | Omphale | 5 acts | Georg Philipp Telemann after Antoine Houdar de la Motte | 1724 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | received some arias |
| 21:15 | Pimpinone or The unequal marriage or The haunted chamber girl | 1 act | Johann Philipp Praetorius | Sept. 27, 1725 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | completely preserved |
| 21:16 | La Caprizziosa e il Credulo or The Stubborn Beloved and the Gullible Lover | 1 act | Johann Philipp Praetorius after Pietro Pariati | Aug./Sept. 1725 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | received some arias |
| 21:17 | Adelheid or The Unforced Love | 3 acts | after Johann Christian Hallmann | 1724 | Bayreuth | received some arias |
| oop. | Cimbbria's general exultation | Feb. 17, 1725 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | |||
| 21:18 | Orpheus or The Wonderful Persistence of Love | 3 acts | Georg Philipp Telemann to FCBressard | March 9, 1726 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | completely preserved |
| 22: 3 | Otto | 3 acts | Johann Georg Glauche based on the opera Ottone, re di Germania by Georg Friedrich Händel | 1726 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | completely preserved |
| 21:19 | Calypso or victory of wisdom over love | 3 acts | Johann Philipp Praetorius after John Hughes and François Fénelon | Aug 18, 1727 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | |
| 21:20 | Sancio or The Victory Magnanimity | 3 acts | Johann Ulrich von König after Francesco Silvani | Oct 6, 1721 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | received some arias |
| 21:21 | Buffonet and Alga | 1 act | Christoph Gottlieb Wend | July 14, 1727 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | |
| 21:22 | The Amours of the Vespetta or The Galan in a Box | 1 act | Christoph Wilhelm Haken | Oct. 1, 1727 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | |
| 21:23 | The wrong world | 3 acts | Johann Philipp Praetorius after Alain-René Lesage | Feb 10, 1728 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | received some arias |
| 21:24 | Miriways | 3 acts | Johann Samuel Müller | May 26, 1728 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | completely preserved |
| 21:25 | Emma and Eginhard or The Load Carrying Love | 3 acts | Christoph Gottlieb Wend | Nov 22, 1728 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | completely preserved |
| 21:26 | Aesopus at court | 3 acts | Johann Mattheson after Pietro Pariati | Feb. 28, 1729 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | received some arias |
| 21:27 | Flavius Bertaridus, King of the Longobards | 3 acts | Christoph Gottlieb Wend, Georg Philipp Telemann after Stefano Ghigi | Nov 23, 1729 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | completely preserved |
| 21:28 | The happiness of the Russian Empire | Aug 10, 1730 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | |||
| 21:29 | Margaretha, Queen of Castile | 5 acts | Johann Georg Hamann (the elder) | Aug 10, 1730 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | |
| oop. | The quarrel of filial duty, or, Aeneas' flight to Latien | Johann Georg Hamann (the elder) (translation) | Nov 19, 1731 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | Music based on Nicola Antonio Porpora's opera Didone abbandonata , recitatives by Telemann | |
| 21:30 | The wisest in Sidon | 3 acts | Johann Georg Hamann (the elder) after Silvio Stampiglia | Feb. 4, 1733 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | |
| 21:31 | Vindictive Love or Orasia, Widowed Queen of Tracien (modified version of Orpheus) | 3 acts | Oct 15, 1736 | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | ||
| 21:32 | Don Quixotte, the Lion Knight or Don Quixote at the wedding of Comacho | 2 acts | Daniel Schiebeler | 1761 | Concert hall on the Kamp (also called the music hall on the Dreybahn ( rotating track )), Hamburg | completely preserved |
| 21:33 | Adam and Eve | Christian Richter | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | fragment | ||
| 21:34 | Hercules and Alceste | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | fragment | |||
| 21:35 | Herod and Marianne | Johann Samuel Müller | Opera at the Gänsemarkt, Hamburg | fragment |
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- ^ Michael Maul : Baroque Opera in Leipzig (1693-1720) text volume . Rombach publishing house, Freiburg i. Br. 2009.