Emma und Eginhard
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| Emma und Eginhard | |
|---|---|
| Singspiel by Georg Philipp Telemann | |
 The composer, c. 1745 | |
| Librettist | Christoph Gottlieb Wend |
| Language | German |
| Premiere | 1728 Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg |
Emma und Eginhard, oder Die Last-tragende Liebe, TWV 21:25, is a German Singspiel in three acts by Georg Philipp Telemann performed at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg in 1728. The librettist was Christoph Gottlieb Wend.[1]
The opera's overture is also played as a violin concerto in A minor.
Edition[edit]
- Georg Philipp Telemann: Die last-tragende Liebe or Emma und Eginhard, Urtext edition, ISMN 979-0006497942
Recordings[edit]
- Selected arias: "Das Auge starrt, die Lippen beben"; "Erscheine bald du, Irrlicht meiner Sinne"; "Steckt Mars den Degen ein, so wetzt Cupido Pfeile" from Telemann, album by Nuria Rial (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2011, Cat. No: 88697922562)
References[edit]
- ^ "Emma und Eginhard". Goldberg: Early Music Magazine. No. 47–49. 2007. p. 51.
Emma und Eginhard, written to a libretto by Christian Gottlieb Wend, is undoubtedly one of the best of the Hamburg
