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Orfeo. Libretto. German Opera. Public domain libretto, Library of Congress

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Orfeo. Libretto. German Opera. Public domain libretto, Library of Congress

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U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
Three acts; pages unnumbered throughout; bookplate of Johann Kristof Lorber with motto "Was der Welt ist, werf'ich hin, Nach dem Himmel steht mein Sinn" in 4 additional languages affixed to p. [2] (opposite title page); scene descriptions--p. [6]; "Vorspiel [:] Apollo ... und die zwölff Stunden"--p. [8]-[11]; p. [67]-[68] in manuscript.
A German translation of Antonio Sartorio's Orfeo was published in association with a performance of the work (in Italian) at Brunswick in August 1690--Loewenberg.
"Däntze[:] der zwölff Stunden; der trunkenen Schäfer; der Schäfer und Nymfen; der Satyren und Bacchantinen; der Furien; der rasenden Bacchantinnen; der glükkseeligen Seelen in den Elysichen Feldern; der Tritonen in dem Meer; der Schüler des Chirons"--p. [7].
Performance: Braunschweig, Schauplatz, 1690. (venue)

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