List of operas by Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann

This is a list of the operas of the German composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767).

According to historical sources, Telemann may have written over 50 operas; however, only 35 works are of sufficient substance to appear in his catalogue of works (see below), and only nine of these are preserved complete.^[1]

List[]

Operas by Georg Philipp Telemann
TVWV^[2]	Title	Acts	Libretto	Premiere		Notes
TVWV^[2]	Title	Acts	Libretto	Date	Venue	Notes
21:5	Narcissus	3 acts	Johann Christian Rau, after Apostolo Zeno	1701 and Easter 1709	Leipzig
21:1	Der lachende Democritus	3 acts	after Nicolò Minato	1703	Leipzig
21:2	Ferdinand und Isabella	5 acts	by the composer, after another source	Spring 1703	Leipzig
21:3	Cajus Caligula	3 acts		Easter 1704	Leipzig
not catalogued	Germanicus		Christine Dorothea Lachs	written in 1704, revised 1710, premiered 2007		40 arias survive; performing edition by Michael Maul, premiered by Gotthold Schwarz and the Saxon Baroque Orchestra^{[citation needed]}
21:4	Adonis	3 acts		Easter 1708	Leipzig
21:6	Mario	3 acts	German translation after Silvio Stampiglia	Easter 1709	Leipzig
21:7	Jupiter und Semele	3 acts	Lost	1716 or 1718	Leipzig
21:8	Die Satyren in Arcadien revised version: Der neumodische Liebhaber Damon	3 acts	by the composer, after Pietro Pariati	1719, revised version: 30 August 1724	Leipzig; revised version: Hamburg, Theater am Gänsemarkt
21:9	Der geduldige Sokrates	3 acts	Johann Ulrich König, after Nicolò Minato's La pazienza di Socrate	28 January 1721	Hamburg, Theater am Gänsemarkt	komisches Singspiel
21:20	Sancio or Die siegende Großmuth	3 acts	Johann Ulrich König, after Francesco Silvani	6 October 1721	Hamburg
21:10	Der Sieg der Schönheit revised version: Gensericus	3 acts	Christian Heinrich Postel, reworked by Christian Friedrich Weichmann	13 July 1723, revised version: 1725	Hamburg; revised version: Braunschweig
21:11	Belsazar, oder Das Ende der babylonischen Gefangenschaft	3 acts plus 3 acts	Joachim Beccau	First part: 19 July 1723; second part: 22 September 1723	Hamburg
21:12	Alarich, oder Die Straf-Ruthe des verfallenen Roms	3 acts		2 August 1723	Bayreuth
21:13	Der Schluß des Carnevals	3 acts		21 February 1724	Hamburg
21:14	Omphale	5 acts	by the composer, after Antoine Houdar de la Motte	1724	Hamburg
21:17	Adelheid, oder Die ungezwungene Liebe	3 acts	after Johann Christian Hallmann	1724	Bayreuth
	Cimbriens allgemeines Frolocken			17 February 1725	Hamburg
21:16	La capricciosa e il credulo also as Die geliebte Eigensinnige und der leichtgläubige Liebhaber	1 act	Johann Philipp Praetorius	August/September 1725	Hamburg
21:15	Pimpinone, oder Die ungleiche Heirath, oder das herrsch-süchtige Cammer-Mädgen	1 act	Johann Philipp Praetorius, after Pietro Pariati	27 September 1725	Hamburg	intermezzo
21:18	Orpheus, oder Die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe	3 acts	by the composer, after Friedrich Christian Bressand	9 March 1726	Hamburg, Theater am Gänsemarkt (concert performance?)	musicalisches Drama
21:21	Buffonet und Alga	1 act	Christoph Gottlieb Wendt	14 July 1727	Hamburg	intermezzo
21:19	Calypso			1727	Hamburg	Singspiel
21:22	Die Amours der Vespetta or Der Galan in der Kiste	1 act	C. W. Haken	1 October 1727	Hamburg	Nachspiel
21:23	Die verkehrte Welt	3 acts	Johann Philipp Praetorius, after Alain-René Lesage	10 February 1728	Hamburg	opéra comique
21:24	Miriways	3 acts	Johann Samuel Müller	26 May 1728	Hamburg	Singspiel
21:25	Emma und Eginhard oder Die Last-tragende Liebe	3 acts	Christoph Gottlieb Wendt	22 November 1728	Hamburg
21:26	Aesopus bey Hofe	3 acts	Johann Mattheson, after Pietro Pariati	28 February 1728	Hamburg
21:27	Flavius Bertaridus, König der Langobarden	3 acts	Christoph Gottlieb Wendt and the composer, after Steffano Ghigi	23 November 1729	Hamburg
21:29	Margaretha, Königin in Castilien	5 acts	Johann Georg Hamann	10 August 1730	Hamburg
21:30	Der Weiseste in Sidon	3 acts	Johann Georg Hamann, after Silvio Stampiglia	4 February 1733	Hamburg
21:31	Die rachgierige Liebe oder Orasia, verwittwete Königin in Thracien (revised version of Orpheus)	3 acts	Lost	15 October 1736	Hamburg
21:32	Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho or Don Quixotte, der Löwenritter		Daniel Schiebeler	1761	Hamburg, Konzertsaal (concert performance)	serenata

Undated fragments[]

TWV	Title	Genre	Libretto
21:33	Adam und Eva	operette	C. Richter
21:34	Hercules und Alceste	Comödie
21:35	Herodes und Marianne	opera oratorio	J. S. Müller

Contributions to operas by other composers[]

Title	TWV	Composer	Première date	Place
Ulysses	22:1	Giuseppe Maria Orlandini	19 November 1731	Hamburg
Die Flucht des Aeneas	22:10	Nicola Porpora	19 November 1731	Hamburg
Judith, Gemahlin Kayser Ludewig des Frommen	22:12	Fortunato Chelleri	27 November 1732	Hamburg

References[]

^ Stewart, Brian D (1992), "Telemann, Georg Philipp" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
^ Menke, W. (1983), Thematisches Verzeichnis der Vokalwerke von Georg Philipp Telemann, ii

External links[]

TWV catalogue at Université du Québec

[1] Stewart, Brian D (1992), "Telemann, Georg Philipp" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

[2] Menke, W. (1983), Thematisches Verzeichnis der Vokalwerke von Georg Philipp Telemann, ii

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