Johann Christian Bach

Youngest surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach, he studied and composed in Italy from 1754 to 1762, then went to London, where he spent the rest of his life.

Operas

• Artaserse (26.12.1760 Regio Ducal Teatro, Milan)
• Catone in Utica (4.11.1761 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Alessandro nell'Indie (20.1.1762 Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
• Orione, ossia Diana vendicata (19.2.1763 King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London)
• Zanaida (7.5.1763 King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London)
• Adriano in Siria (26.1.1765 King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London)
• The Fairy Favour (29.1.1767 Covent Garden, London)
• Carattaco (14.2.1767 King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London)
• Endimione (6.4.1772 King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London)
• Temistocle (5.11.1772 Hof, Mannheim)
• Amor vincitore (15.4.1774 King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London)
• Lucio Silla (5.11.1775 Hof, Mannheim)
• La clemenza di Scipione (4.4.1778 King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London)
• Amadis de Gaule (14.12.1779 Opéra, Paris)

contributed by Robert Martindale