Samuele (Mayr) Explained

Samuele is an 1821 Italian-language oratorio by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli.[1] It was performed on 2 June 1821 in Bergamo's Congregazione della Carità by pupils of the Lezioni caritatevoli to welcome the arrival of the new bishop Pietro Mola.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. John Allitt Giovanni Simone Mayr: vita, musica, pensiero 1995 p376
  2. Howard E. Smither A History of the Oratorio 0807825115 - 2000 - "Mayr's Samuele (1821) was performed in the school in honor of the visit of Bishop Pietro Mola"
  3. http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/Feb13/Mayr_Samuele_8572721.htm Review