This is a complete list of operas by Simon Mayr (1763 – 1845); for his other compositions see List of compositions by Simon Mayr.
Johann(es) Simon Mayr, also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr, was a German composer.
This is a complete list of operas by Simon Mayr (1763 – 1845); for his other compositions see List of compositions by Simon Mayr.
Johann(es) Simon Mayr, also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr, was a German composer.
| Title | Genre | Acts | Libretto | Premiere date | Place, theatre |
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| Saffo ossia I riti d'Apollo Leucadio | dramma per musica | 2 acts | SografiAntonio Simone Sografi | 1794-02-1717 February 1794 | Venice, La Fenice |
| Lodoiska1 La Lodoiska | dramma per musica | 3 acts | GonellaFrancesco Gonella after Claude-François Fillette-Loraux (after Les Amours du chevalier de Faublas by Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray) | 1796-01-2626 January 1796 | Venice, La Fenice |
| pazzoUn pazzo ne fa cento (also as: I rivali delusi, La contessa immaginaria) | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | FoppaGiuseppe Foppa after Il conte villano by Domenico Somigli | 1796-10-088 October 1796 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
| Telemaco nell'isola di Calipso | dramma per musica | 3 acts | SografiAntonio Simone Sografi | 1797-01-1616 January 1797 | Venice, La Fenice |
| segretoIl segreto | farsa giocosa | 1 act | FoppaGiuseppe Foppa | 1797-09-2424 September 1797 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| intrigoL'intrigo della lettera (also as: Il pittore astratto) | farsa giocosa | 1 act | FoppaGiuseppe Foppa after L'intrigue épistolaire by Fabre d'Églantine | 1797-10-2222 October 1797 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| Avviso ai maritati | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | GonellaFrancesco Gonella | 1798-01-1515 January 1798 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
| Lauso e Lidia | dramma per musica | 2 acts | FoppaGiuseppe Foppa after Jean-François Marmontel | 1798-02-0014 February (or 14 January) 1798 | Venice, La Fenice |
| Adriano in Siria | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1798-05-0023 April (or 23 May) 1798 | Venice, Teatro San Benedetto |
| Che originali! (also as: Il trionfo della musica, Il fanatico per la musica, La musicomania) | farsa | 1 act | Rossi Gaetano Rossi after La musicomanie by Nicolas-Médard Audinot | 1798-10-1818 October 1798 | Venice, Teatro San Benedetto |
| Amor ingegnoso | farsa | 1 act | MazzolàCaterino Mazzolà | 1798-12-2727 December 1798 | Venice, Teatro San Benedetto |
| ubbidienzaL'ubbidienza per astuzia | farsa | 1 act | MazzolàCaterino Mazzolà | 1798-12-2727 December 1798 | Venice, Teatro San Benedetto |
| Adelaide di Guesclino | dramma di sentimento | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi after Voltaire | 1799-05-011 May 1799 | Venice, La Fenice; revivals: Prague and Vienna, 1802; Dresden, 1807; Amsterdam, 1817; In German: Frankfurt, 1804; Hamburg, 1815; Würzburg, 1819 |
| Labino e Carlotta (also as: Werter e Carlotta, Sabino e Carlotta) | farsa | 1 act | RossiGaetano Rossi [1] | 1799-10-099 October 1799 | Venice, Teatro San Benedetto |
| avaroL'avaro | farsa | 1 act | RossiGaetano Rossi after Carlo Goldoni | 1799-10-099 October 1799 | Venice, Teatro San Benedetto |
| accademiaL'accademia di musica | farsa | 1 act | RossiGaetano Rossi after Francesco Albergati Capacelli | 1799-11-2424 November 1799 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
| Lodoiska2La Lodoiska (revised version 1) | dramma per musica | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi after Claude-François Fillette-Loraux | 1799-12-2626 December 1799 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Lodoiska3La Lodoiska (revised version 2) | opera semiseria | 2 acts | Dejaureafter Jean-Élie Bédéno Dejaure | 1800-00-001799–1800 | Parma |
| scitiGli sciti | dramma per musica | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi after Les scythes by Voltaire | 1800-02-2121 February 1800 | Venice, La Fenice |
| locandieraLa locandiera | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi after Carlo Goldoni | 1800-04-00Spring 1800 | Vicenza, Teatro Berico |
| carettoIl caretto del venditore d'aceto (also as: L'oro fa tutto, L'acetaio, Il barile portentoso) | farsa | 1 act | FoppaGiuseppe Foppa after La brouette du vinaigrier by Louis-Sébastien Mercier | 1800-06-2828 June 1800 | Venice, Teatro Sant' Angelo |
| equivocoL'equivoco, ovvero Le bizzarie dell'amore (also as: I due viaggiatori, I castelli in aria ossia Gli amanti per accidente) | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | FoppaGiuseppe Foppa after Les Châteaux in Espagne by Jean-François Collin d'Harleville | 1800-11-055 November 1800 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala; revival: Venice, Teatro San Benedetto, May 1802; Florence, Risoluti (Teatro di via S Maria), Summer 1804 |
| imbroglioneL'imbroglione e il castiga-matti | farsa | 1 act | FoppaGiuseppe Foppa | 1800-11-1919 November 1800 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| Ginevra di Scozia (also as: Ariodante) | dramma serio eroico per musica | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi after Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto | 1801-04-2121 April 1801 | Trieste, Teatro Nuovo (inaugural opera) |
| due gLe due giornate (also as: Il portatore d'acqua) | dramma eroicomico per musica | 3 acts | FoppaGiuseppe Foppa after Les deux journées by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly | 1801-08-1818 August 1801 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Argene | dramma eroica per musica | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi | 1801-12-22 16–28 December 1801 | Venice, La Fenice |
| virtuosiI virtuosi (also as: I virtuosi a teatro) | farsa | 1 act | RossiGaetano Rossi | 1801-12-2626 December 1801 | Venice, Teatro San Luca |
| misteriI misteri eleusini (also as: Antinoo in Eleusi, Polibete) | dramma per musica | 2 acts | BernardoniGiuseppe Bernardoni | 1802-01-006 January (or 16 January) 1802 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Ercole in Lidia | dramma per musica | 2 acts | Gamerra Giovanni de Gamerra | 1803-01-2929 January 1803 | Vienna, Burgtheater |
| intrighiGl'intrighi amorosi | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | BertatiGiovanni Bertati | 1803-02-00Carnival 1803 | Parma, Ducale |
| finteLe finte rivali | melodramma giocoso | 2 acts | RomanelliLuigi Romanelli | 1803-08-2020 August 1803 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Alonso e Cora | dramma per musica | 2 acts | BernardoniGiuseppe Bernardoni after Les Incas by Jean-François Marmontel | 1803-12-2626 December 1803 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala; revivals: Vienna, 1804; in German: Frankfurt, 1805; new version: Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 1815; in German: Vienna, 1822 (with music by Joseph Weigl) |
| Amor non ha ritegno (also as: La fedeltà delle verdove) | melodramma eroicomico | 2 acts | MarconiFrancesco Marconi after La donna contraria al consiglio by Carlo Gozzi | 1804-05-1818 May 1804 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Elisa ossia Il monte San Bernardo (also as: Il passagio di monte San Bernardo) | dramma sentimentale per musica | 1 act | RossiGaetano Rossi after Eliza ou Le voyage aux glaciers du Mont St. Bernard by Saint-Cyr | 1804-07-055 July 1804 | Venice, Teatro San Benedetto |
| Zamori, ossia L'eroe dell'Indie | dramma serio per musica | 2 acts | PrividaliLuigi Prividali | 1804-08-1010 August 1804 | Piacenza |
| Eraldo ed Emma | dramma eroico per musica | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi | 1805-01-088 January 1805 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| locandaDi locanda in locanda e sempre in sala | farsa | 1 act | BuonavogliaLuigi Giuseppe Buonavoglia after D'auberge in auberge ou Les préventions by Emmanuel Dupaty | 1805-06-055 June 1805 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| amor c L'amor coniugale (also as: Il custode di buon cuore) | farsa sentimentale | 1 act | RossiGaetano Rossi after Léonore ou L'amour conjugal by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly | 1805-07-2626 July 1805 | Padua, Teatro Nuovo |
| rocciaLa roccia di Frauenstein (also as: Gli emigrati di Franconia) | melodramma eroi-comico | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi after I fuorusciti by Angelo Anelli | 1805-10-2626 October 1805 | Venice, La Fenice |
| americaniGli americani (also as: Idalide) | melodramma eroico | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi | 1806-01-044 January 1806 | Venice, La Fenice |
| Palmira, ossia Il trionfo della virtù e dell'amore | dramma per musica | 1 act | 1806-10-00Autumn 1806 | Florence, Teatro della Pergola | |
| piccoloIl piccolo compositore di musica | farsa | 2 acts | 1806-11-00November 1806 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè | |
| Adelasia e Aleramo | melodramma serio | 2 acts | RomanelliLuigi Romanelli | 1806-12-2626 December 1806 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala; revivals: regularly in Milan until 1820; Vienna, 1807; Munich, 1808; London, 1815; in German: Budapest, 1808; Berlin, 1811 |
| Belle ciarle e tristi fatti (also as: L'imbroglio contro l'imbroglio) | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | AnelliAngelo Anelli | 1807-01-1111 January (or November) 1807 | Venice, La Fenice |
| Nè l'un, nè l'altro | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | AnelliAngelo Anelli | 1807-08-1717 August 1807 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| cherusciI cherusci | dramma per musica | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi | 1808-02-00Carnival 1808 | Rome, Teatro Argentina |
| veroIl vero originale | burletta per musica | 2 acts | PrunettiMichelangelo Prunetti | 1808-02-2727 February 1808 | Rome, Teatro Valle |
| fintaLa finta sposa ossia Il barone burlato | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | Brunetti | 1808-04-00Spring 1808 | Rome, Teatro Valle |
| ritornoIl ritorno di Ulisse | azione eroica per musica | 2 acts | PrividaliLuigi Prividali | 1808-12-2626 December 1808 | Venice, La Fenice |
| matrimonioIl matrimonio per concorso | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | Goldoniafter Carlo Goldoni | 1809-02-00Carnival 1809 | Bologna |
| Alcide al Bivio | festa teatrale | Metastasio | 1809-99-991809 | Bergamo, Instituto Filharmonico | |
| Amore non soffre opposizioni (also as: Amore irresistibile) | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | FoppaGiuseppe Foppa | 1810-02-2424 February 1810 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| Raùl di Créqui | melodramma serio | 2 acts | RomanelliLuigi Romanelli after Raoul, sire de Créqui by Monvel | 1810-12-2626 December 1810 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| amor fL'amor filiale (also as: Il disertore) | farsa sentimentale | 1 act | RossiGaetano Rossi after Le déserteur by Michel-Jean Sedaine | 1811-02-1111 February 1811 | Venice, Teatro San Moisè |
| sacrifizioIl sacrifizio d'Ifigenia | azione seria drammatica per musica | 2 acts | AriciCesare Arici after François-Louis Gand Le Bland du Roullet | 1811-04-1313 April 1811 | Brescia, Teatro Grande; revived under the title Ifigenia in Aulide: Palermo, Teatro Carolino, 1820 |
| Tamerlano | melodramma serio | 2 acts | RomanelliLuigi Romanelli after L'orphelin de la Chine by Voltaire and Tamerlan by Étienne Morel de Chédeville | 1812-12-2626 December 1812 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| rosa La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa (also as: Il trionfo dell'amicizia) | melodramma eroico | 2 acts | Romani Felice Romani after La rose blanche et la rose rouge by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt | 1813-02-2121 February 1813 | Genoa, Teatro Sant' Agostino |
| Medea in Corinto | melodramma tragico | 2 acts | RomaniFelice Romani after Medea in Corinto by Domenico Morosini | 1813-11-2828 November 1813 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo; revival: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 1823; regular revivals in Italy until 1829; Dresden, 1821; Paris, 1823–1826; London, 1826–1837; last performance in the 19th century: London, 1850 |
| Elena (also as: Elena e Costantino) | dramma eroicomico per musica | 2 acts | Tottola Andrea Leone Tottola | 1814-01-2828 January 1814 | Naples, Teatro (San Giovanni) dei Fiorentini |
| Atar, ossia Il serraglio d'Ormus (also as: Il serraglio d'Osmano) | melodramma serio | 2 acts | RomaniFelice Romani after Tarare by Beaumarchais | 1814-06-1818 June 1814 | Genoa, Teatro San Agostino |
| due dLe due duchesse, ossia La caccia dei lupi (also as: Le due amiche) | dramma semiserio per musica | 2 acts | RomaniFelice Romani after Edgar ou La chasse aux loups by Louis-Charles Caigniez | 1814-11-077 November 1814 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Cora (revised as: Alonso e Cora) | dramma per musica | 3 acts | SalsaFrancesco Berio di Salsa after Les Incas by Jean-François Marmontel | 1815-03-2626 March 1815 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
| Mennone e Zemira (initial title: La figlia dell'aria, ossia La vendetta di Giunone) | dramma per musica | 3 acts | RomaniLuigi Romani | 1817-03-2222 March 1817 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
| amor aAmor avvocato | commedia per musica | 1 act | 1817-04-00Spring 1817 | Naples, Teatro (San Giovanni) dei Fiorentini | |
| Lanassa | melodramma eroico | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi and Bartolomeo Merelli after La veuve du Malabar by Antoine-Marin Lemierre | 1817-12-2626 December 1817 | Venice, La Fenice |
| danaideLe danaide (also as: Danao) | tragedia lirica | 2 acts | RomaniLuigi Romani after Ranieri de' Calzabigi | 1818-12-2626 December 1818 | Rome, Teatro Argentina |
| Alfredo il grande | melodramma serio | 2 acts | MerelliBartolomeo Merelli after Eraldo ed Emma by Gaetano Rossi | 1819-12-2626 December 1819 | Bergamo, Teatro della Società |
| Fedra | melodramma serio | 2 acts | RomanelliLuigi Romanelli after Phèdre by Jean Racine | 1820-12-2626 December 1820 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala |
| Demetrio | dramma per musica | 2 acts | FeysLudovico Piossasco Feys (?) after Metastasio | 1823-12-2727 December 1823 | Turin, Teatro Regio |
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Fedra is an opera in two acts composed by Simon Mayr to an Italian-language libretto by Luigi Romanelli based on Racine's play Phèdre.
La passione di Gesù Cristo, is a 1794 Italian-language oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra by Simon Mayr, to an adapted version of the famous libretto La passione di Gesù Cristo by Metastasio. Unlike Mayr's four Latin-language oratorios to librettos by Giuseppe Foppa for the Conservatorio dei Mendicanti, La passione was written for a church, and not limited to girls voices.
Che originali! is a 1798 farsa in one act by Simon Mayr for the Teatro San Benedetto. The libretto by Gaetano Rossi was based on an earlier French farce from 1779. It was the earliest of Mayr's works to be widely produced.
Innalzamento al trono del giovane re Gioas is an oratorio by Simon Mayr premiered in Florence in 1823. The anonymous libretto is unrelated to the two dozen other oratorios of the name Gioas, all of them based on the 1735 libretto Gioas re di Giuda by Metastasio.
Atalia is an Italian-language oratorio by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Felice Romani, premiered in Naples, 1822.
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