Georg Anton Benda‘s melodrama „Medea“ (1775) was one of the most successful German musical theatre works of the late 18th century. With a libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter, the work soon became a great influence within the melodrama genre. ...

Melodrama in einem Akt (1775)
Libretto: Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (nach Johann Jakob Engel) (deutsch)

Uraufführung: 1. Mai 1775, Leipzig, Komödienhaus an der Rannischen Bastei
Ausgabe: Jan TrojanÜbersetzung: ...

Oper mit gesprochenem Dialog in drei Akten (1776)
Libretto: Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (nach William Shakespeares gleichnamiger Tragödie von 1597) (deutsch)

Uraufführung: 25. September 1776, Gotha, HoftheaterAusgabe: ...

Jirí Antonín Benda (1722–1795) is an important figure of early European Classicist music. His cycle of 16 piano sonatas exemplifies the creative and original way in which the composer builds on the piano works of his predecessors, ...