Die Schuldigkeit des ersten und führnehmsten Gebottes
The Obligation of the First and Foremost Commandment
geistliches Singspiel
``And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first
commandment.''
- Mark xii.30
- Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(Part I, K. 35); Johann Michael Haydn (Part II); Anton Cajetan Adlgasser
(Part III)
- Librettist: Ignaz Anton von Weiser (1701-1785) [according to a
contemporary diary; the libretto title-page says only "J. A. W.", and
the librettist has been sometimes identified as Johann Adam Wieland or
Jakob Anton Marianus Wimmer]
page says
- First performance of Part I: Knight's Hall of the Palace of the Archbishop,
Salzburg, 12 March 1767 (Parts II & III were performed on 19 March and
26 March, respectively.)
- Performance History
Dramatis Personæ
- Gerechtigkeit [Divine Justice] (soprano)
- Christgeist [Spirit of Christianity] (tenor)
- Barmherzigkeit [Divine Mercy] (soprano)
- Ein lauer und hinnach eifriger Christ [a half-hearted but later
zealous Christian] (tenor)
- Weltgeist [Worldliness] (soprano)
Setting: a garden, with a small wood nearby; time unspecified
Monday, 08-Dec-2003 21:35:48 PST