Miriways

Miriways
Opera by Georg Philipp Telemann
The composer, c. 1745
Librettist	Johann Samuel Müller
Language	German
Premiere	1728 (1728) Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg

Miriways (TWV 21:24) is an opera in three acts by Telemann given on 26 May 1728 at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg. The libretto is by Johann Samuel Müller [de]. The opera is set in Persia.^[1]

Müller took his plot from then current news from the Islamic world – in the form of an inaccurate account of "Miri-Ways", the Pashtun emir Mirwais (1673–1715), published anonymously in German in 1722. The account attributed to Mirwais events, such as the conquering of Isfahan, which were actually the work of his son. Nevertheless, Mir Wais became Miriways, titular king of the opera.

Recordings

With Markus Volpert, Ulrike Hofbauer. L'Orfeo Barockorchester. Michi Gaigg, cpo. 2013
With André Morsch, Sophie Karthäuser, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conducted by Bernard Labadie. Pentatone Cat:PTC5186842 2020

References

^ The Turk on the Opera Stage: A History of a Musical Cliché, p. 31, Christoph Yew (2010). "In 1696 Reinhard Keiser composed Mohammad II [also Mahumeth II], another opera which is also based on historical events. After that, it took a while before the next Turkish opera was written. In 1728 Telemann's Miriways was first performed"

External links

Literature by and about Miriways in the German National Library catalogue

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Georg Philipp Telemann

Church
cantatas

Cantata Cycle 1716-1717
Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst
Das ist je gewißlich wahr, TWV 1:183
Gott der Hoffnung erfülle euch, TWV 1:634
Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt, TWV 1:877
Ich will den Kreuzweg gerne gehen, TWV 1:884
Siehe, es hat überwunden der Löwe, TWV 1:1328
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, TWV 1:1342–1345
Wer ist der, so von Sodom kommt, TWV 1:1585

Germanicus
Der neumodische Liebhaber Damon
Der geduldige Socrates
Sieg der Schönheit
Pimpinone
Orpheus
Miriways
Emma und Eginhard
Flavius Bertaridus
Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho

Other vocal

Passions, TWV 5
Der Tag des Gerichts, TWV 6:8
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, TWV 8:7
Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt, TWV 8:10
Kapitänsmusik, TWV 15
Admiralitätsmusik, TWV 24

Instrumental

Tafelmusik
Twelve Fantasias for Solo Flute
Twelve Fantasias for Solo Violin
Twelve Fantasias for Viola da Gamba
Sonates sans basse
XIIX Canons Mélodieux
Concertos for Four Violins
Paris quartets
Viola Concerto
Concerto for Two Violas
Water Music

Catalogue of compositions: Telemann-Werke-Verzeichnis

See also: List of Magnificat composers § Telemann
Missa brevis § Baroque period
Brockes Passion § Telemann
Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt § Telemann

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