Bacchus, Ceres en Venus

Bacchus, Ceres en Venus is a 1686 Dutch-language pastoral opera by Johan Schenck.

It is one of the earliest surviving Dutch-language operas, 8 years after with Carolus Hacquart's De triomfeerende Min (1678).[1]

[2] The libretto was by Govert Bidloo an Amsterdam regent, physician and poet.[3][4] A large number of selections from the opera were published as Schenk's Op.1 in 1687[5] enabling a reconstruction as the basis for a recording by Camerata Trajectina in 2011.

References

  1. ↑ John Warrack The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera 1996 -- Page 234 De triomfeerende Min (1678, to celebrate the Peace of Nijmegen), by Carolus Hacquart (c.1640'?1701), is often claimed as the first Dutch opera but is really a pastoral play with music, Attempts at Dutch opera were made by Hendrik Anders (1657-1714) and Servaas de Konink (7-1717 or 1718), especially in the latter's De vnjadje van Cloris en Roosje (1688, lost)."
  2. ↑ Oud Holland 2002 - Volume 115, Issues 1-2 - Page 64 "Veel verwante onderwerpen, bij- voorbeeld enkele goden, eventueel met gezelschap, zoals Diana met haar nimfen, of niet-verhalende groeperingen zoals die van Bacchus, Ceres en Venus, zijn dus niet behandeld. Of dat jammer is, valt ..."
  3. ↑ Sven Dupré, Christoph Lüthy Silent Messengers: The Circulation of Material Objects of ... 2011 - Page 191 "He published a Dutch translation of Pierre Corneille's Pompée in 1684, ridiculed the Nil in 1685 in a satirical pamphlet and wrote the libretto for Ceres, Venus and Bacchus, the first Dutch opera in 1686. His monumental Anatomia humani ..."
  4. ↑ Quaerendo 1973 - Volumes 3-4 - Page 91 "J. Schenk, Enige gezangen uit de opera van Bacchus, Ceres en Venus (text: G. Bidloo; 1687, for the composer) 21. J. Schenk, Hooglied (text: M. Gargon) (1697) G. Song-books with arrangements for two voices: 22. J. Butler, Stichtelycke ...
  5. ↑ Jolande van der Klis - The essential guide to Dutch music: 100 composers and their work 2000 "Op.1 (1687) comprises a collection of songs based on the score of the opera Bacchus, Ceres en Venus, which was set to a libretto by Govert Bidloo, an Amsterdam regent, physician and poet. The two other volumes containing vocal music are ...