Jephtas Gelübde
Music by Giacomo Meyerbeer · libretto by Q119183
Jephtas Gelübde (The vow of Jephthah) was the first opera composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The libretto, which is elaborated from the story of Jephthah from the Book of Judges, was by Aloys Schreiber. The first performance was at the Hoftheater (Cuvilliés Theatre) in Munich on 23 December 1812. Two manuscripts of the score survive, one in the British Library, London, the other in Brussels.
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About the Composer
Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera 'decisive character'. Meyerbeer's grand opera style was achieved by his merging of German orchestra style with Italian vocal tradition. These were employed in the context of sensational and melodramatic libretti created by Eugène Scribe and were enhanced by the up-to-date theatre technology of the Paris Opéra. They set a standard that helped to maintain Paris as the opera capital of the…
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Other Operas by Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Emma di Resburgo (1803)
- Die beiden Kalifen (1813)
- L'esule di Granata (1822)
- Il crociato in Egitto (1824)
- Ein Feldlager in Schlesien (1844)
- L'étoile du nord (1854)
- Dinorah (1859)
- L'Africaine (1865)