De triomfeerende Min

Last updated May 19, 2025

De triomfeerende Min (Love Triumphant) is a 1678 pastoral semi-opera by Carolus Hacquart to celebrate the Peace of Nijmegen.^[1]

It is one of the earliest surviving attempts at Dutch-language opera, 8 years before Bacchus, Ceres en Venus , a 1686 Dutch-language pastoral opera by Johan Schenck. A reconstruction was the basis for a recording by Camerata Trajectina in 2012.^[2]

References

↑ John Warrack, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (1996) p. 234: "De triomfeerende Min (1678, to celebrate the Peace of Nijmegen), by Carolus Hacquart (c.1640–?1701), is often claimed as the first Dutch opera but is really a pastoral play with music. Attempts at Dutch opera were made by Hendrik Anders [ nl; fr ] (1657–1714) and Servaes de Koninck [c.1654–c.1701), especially in the latter's De vryadje van Cloris en Roosje [The Flirtation of Cloris and Rosette], (1688, lost)."
↑ "De Triomfeerende Min (25 tracks); De vryadje van Cloris en Roosje (2 tracks); De bruiloft van Cloris en Roosje[The Marriage of Cloris and Rosette]", 8 tracks; work and recording details, Camerata Trajectina (in Dutch), including CD booklet (in Dutch and English)

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[1] John Warrack, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (1996) p. 234: "De triomfeerende Min (1678, to celebrate the Peace of Nijmegen), by Carolus Hacquart (c.1640–?1701), is often claimed as the first Dutch opera but is really a pastoral play with music. Attempts at Dutch opera were made by Hendrik Anders [ nl; fr ] (1657–1714) and Servaes de Koninck [c.1654–c.1701), especially in the latter's De vryadje van Cloris en Roosje [The Flirtation of Cloris and Rosette], (1688, lost)."

[2] "De Triomfeerende Min (25 tracks); De vryadje van Cloris en Roosje (2 tracks); De bruiloft van Cloris en Roosje[The Marriage of Cloris and Rosette]", 8 tracks; work and recording details, Camerata Trajectina (in Dutch), including CD booklet (in Dutch and English)

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