Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Prolog + 5 acts |
---|---|
Composition Year | 1782-1791 |
Genre Categories | Lyric tragedies; Theatrical Works; Operas; |
Contents |
Work Title | Aeneas i Cartago, eller Dido och Aeneas |
---|---|
Alternative. Title | Lyric Tragedy in Five Acts with Prologue . Enea in Cartagine |
Name Translations | Aeneas i Cartago; Aeneas i Carthago; Æneas i Carthago |
Name Aliases | Aeneas in Carthago; Aeneas in Karthago |
Authorities | WorldCat; VIAF: 185389111; LCCN: no2010041551; GND: 4716197-8 |
Composer | Kraus, Joseph Martin |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | VB 23 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJK 1 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Prolog + 5 acts |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1782-1791 |
First Performance. | 1799 November 18, Stockholm: Royal Opera |
First Publication. | 1956 (but see below) |
Librettist | Johan Henrik Kellgren (1751-1795) after "Didon (1734)" de Jean-Jacques Le Franc de Pompignan (after Virgil (70-21 BCE (ca?))) |
Language | Swedish |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
Piece Style | Classical |
Instrumentation | Vocal Soloists, Chorus, Orchestra (double wind, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, strings, at least) |
Manuscript Sources | Handschrift "die Ouverture zum Prolog dieser Oper" @ ÖNB (in C minor) S-Skma Mazer H:S:323 (autograph of Chaconne) S-St without shelf-mark (abschrift incomplete performance parts, score, reduced score) |
External Links | Swedish Musical Heritage BNF data |
Overture published by Traeg in an arrangement during the 18th century. WorldCat = RISM A/I K 1914; KK 1914 (Traeg plate 178.) Libretto published in 1799 (and digitized, in the present day, by a libretto-distributing project @ BSB-Munich online.)