Pygmalion (Benda)
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For the similarly named opera by Rameau, see Pygmalion (Rameau). For other works with a similar title, see Pygmalion.
Pygmalion is a monodrama in one act by composer Georg Benda with a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter. The opera's first performance was at the Ekhof Theatre [de], the court theatre in Gotha, on 20 September 1779.[1] Pygmalion was the fourth of the five theatrical collaborations of Benda and Gotter. Gotter based his text on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 play Pygmalion. Benda's melodrama is unusual as it has no singing roles. Two of the three characters, Pygmalion and Galatea, are spoken roles; the other, Venus, is silently acted on stage.
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Pygmalion | |
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Monodrama by Georg Benda | |
Librettist | Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter |
Language | German |
Based on | Rousseau's Pygmalion |
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