G. BENDA: Pygmalion

G. BENDA: Pygmalion 20 September. Gotha Text: a German version, by an unknown translator (Gotter?), of Rousseau’s scène lyrique (see 1770). One act. The vocal score of Benda’s setting was published in 1780. Also produced at Bonn 24 February 1780; Mannheim 28 January 1783; Weimar 29 January 1791; Pressburg March 1794 (Benda’s?); Berlin 25 November 1797; Leipzig 2 June 1799; Breslau 2 July 1799; Vienna, Kä. 12 June 1801, etc. Given at Berlin until 1835. In Russian, Moscow 24 February 1794. In…