Philemon und Baucis (Haydn)

Philemon und Baucis
Opera by Joseph Haydn
Portrait by Thomas Hardy, 1791
LanguageGerman
Based onPhilemon und Baucis: Ein Schauspiel in Versen von einem Aufzuge by Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel
Premiere
2 September 1773 (1773-09-02)[1][2]
Esterháza puppet theater

Philemon und Baucis, oder Jupiters Reise auf die Erde (Philemon and Baucis, or Jupiter's Journey to Earth), Hob. XXIXb:2, is an opera in one act by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn to a German libretto, possibly by Prince Esterházy's librarian, Phillip Georg Bader.[3][4] The text is based upon a play by G. K. Pfeffel,[5][6][7] itself a retelling of the Baucis and Philemon myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses.[8] The work is in the form of a Singspiel.[9]

  1. ^ Beller, Manfred (1967). Philemon und Baucis in Der Europäischen Literatur: Stoffgeschichte und Analyse [Philemon and Baucis in European Literature: History and Analysis] (in German). Heidelberg: de:Universitätsverlag Winter. p. 108. ISBN 9783825317997. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
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  4. ^ Griffel, Margaret Ross (2018). "Philemon und Baucis". Operas in German: A Dictionary. Vol. 1. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield. p. 373. ISBN 9781442247970. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  5. ^ Irmen, Hans-Josef [in German] (2007). Joseph Haydn: Leben und Werk [Joseph Haydn: Life and Work] (in German). Vienna; Cologne; Weimar: Böhlau Verlag. p. 141. ISBN 9783412200206. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  6. ^ Geiringer, Karl; Geiringer, Irene (1968). Haydn: A Creative Life in Music. Berkeley; Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 286. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  7. ^ Buch, David J. (2009). Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests: The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater. Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press. p. 269. ISBN 9780226078113. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  8. ^ Wigmore, Richard (2011). The Faber Pocket Guide to Haydn. London: Faber and Faber. pp. 312–313. ISBN 9780571268733. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  9. ^ Holden, Amanda, ed. (2002). "Philemon und Baucis, oder Jupiters Reise auf die Erde". The New Penguin Opera Guide. United Kingdom: Penguin. p. 393. ISBN 9780140514759.