Proserpina (1778)

Original id: 
12599
Start date: 
30 January 1778
End date: 
30 January 1778
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
Monodrama. Begun at Gluck's request. First performed as Act 4 of Der Triumph der Empfindsamkeit [The Triumph of Sentiment]. Incidental music - Karl von Seckendorff. Composition begun in 1776.
Media of production: 
Stage-play

Information related to this production

Venue Festival Dates Notes
Court (Weimar, Free State of Thuringia, Germany) 30 January, 1778
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.2 Book library 862 Beutler 1948-71, vol. 6 / Cox 1987, p. 261 n. / Oxford 1986, p. 904 / Grove 1980, 17:99 / Fairley 1961, pp. 64, 138-40

How to cite this production

Proserpina (1778), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/12599 <19 April 2024>