HOLLY: Der Kaufmann von Smyrna

HOLLY: Der Kaufmann von Smyrna 13 November. Berlin Text by C. F. Schwan (founded on a comedy by Chamfort and first set to music by Vogler in 1771). One act. The most successful of Holly’s operas; given at Vienna, Kä. June 1776 as Wohltaten gewinnen die Herzen and B. 13 February 1781 as Der Sklavenhändler von Smyrna. The same libretto was set by Stegmann and first performed in the same year, 1773, at Königsberg (exact date unknown) and elsewhere in Germany; also given at Copenhagen 2 January…