Der geduldige Socrates
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Der geduldige Socrates (TVWV 21:9, Hamburg 1721) is a comic German-language opera in three acts by Telemann to a libretto by Johann Ulrich von König.
The opera was Telemann's first full length purely comic opera,[1] and was performed at the Oper am Gänsemarkt, while Reinhard Keiser was still running the opera.
The professional UK premiere was in 1974 by Kent Opera conducted by Roger Norrington, with April Cantelo, Thomas Lawlor and Linda Esther Gray among the cast.[2]
Recordings
- Der geduldige Socrates - József Gregor, Éva Vámossy, Katalin Farkas, Éva Bártfai-Barta, Julia Paszthy, Guy de Mey, Paul Esswood, István Gáti, Capella Savaria Nicholas McGegan, Hungaroton 1987
- Der geduldige Socrates - René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi Forthcoming 2013
References
- ↑ A Short History of Opera - Page 182 Donald Jay Grout, Hermine Weigel Williams - 2003 "He excelled in the comic style, as evidenced from his first full-length comic opera, Der geduldige Socrates (1721), his one-act serenata, Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho (1761), and his intermezzo, Pimpinone (1725),"
- ↑ Platt N. Making Music. Ashford, Pemble Productions, 2001, p70.