Apollo et Hyacinthus seu Hyacinthus Metamorphosis

Apollo and Hyacinth, or the Metamorphosis of Hyacinth

The Latin intermezzo Apollo et Hyacinthus was composed for the Latin school play Clementia Croesi by Father Rufinus Widl

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 38
Librettist: Father Rufinus Widl
First performance: Great Hall, Salzburg University, 13 May 1767
Performance History
Libretto

Dramatis Personæ

Oebalus, King of Sparta (tenor)
Melia, his daughter (treble)
Hyacinthus, his son (treble)
Apollo, his guest (alto)
Zephyrus, friend of Hyacinthus (alto)
Two Priests of Apollo (basses)

Setting: Greece; antiquity

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