Orpheus (Telemann)
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| Orpheus | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Georg Philipp Telemann | |
 The composer, c. 1745 | |
| Translation | The Wonderful Constancy of Love, or Orpheus |
| Other title | Die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe oder Orpheus |
| Language | German |
| Based on | Michel Duboullay's Orphée (1690) |
| Premiere | |
Orpheus (full title: Die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe oder Orpheus, The Wonderful Constancy of Love, or Orpheus) is an opera in three acts by the German composer Georg Philipp Telemann. It was first performed in a concert version at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg on 9 March 1726.[1] The anonymous libretto is based on the 1690 opera Orphée by Michel Duboullay, originally set by the French composer Louis Lully. Most of the work is in German but it also contains passages in French and Italian drawn from famous operas by Handel and Jean-Baptiste Lully. The music to these words is Telemann's own, however. The manuscript score of Telemann's Orpheus was not rediscovered until the late 20th century.
