Miriways
Miriways | |
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Opera by Georg Philipp Telemann | |
Librettist | Johann Samuel Müller |
Language | German |
Premiere | 1728 Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg |
Miriways (TWV 21:24) is an opera in three acts by Telemann given on 26 May 1728 at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg. The libretto is by Johann Samuel Müller . The opera is set in Persia.[1]
Müller took his plot from then current news from the Islamic world – in the form of an inaccurate account of "Miri-Ways", the
Mirwais (1673–1715), published anonymously in German in 1722. The account attributed to Mirwais events, such as the conquering of Isfahan
, which were actually the work of his son. Nevertheless, Mir Wais became Miriways, titular king of the opera.
Recordings
- With Markus Volpert, Ulrike Hofbauer. L'Orfeo Barockorchester. Michi Gaigg, cpo. 2013
- With André Morsch, Sophie Karthäuser, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conducted by Bernard Labadie. Pentatone Cat:PTC5186842 2020
References
- ^ The Turk on the Opera Stage: A History of a Musical Cliché, p. 31, Christoph Yew (2010). "In 1696 Reinhard Keiser composed Mohammad II [also Mahumeth II], another opera which is also based on historical events. After that, it took a while before the next Turkish opera was written. In 1728 Telemann's Miriways was first performed"
External links
- Literature by and about Miriways in the German National Library catalogue