Amor und Psyche
Amor und Psyche is an opera (singspiel) in four acts composed by Ludwig Abeille to a German libretto by Franz Carl Hiemer [de](1768–1822). Based on the story of Cupid and Psyche, the opera premiered on January 18, 1800, at the Hoftheater (Herzöglichestheater) in Stuttgart. Amor und Psyche was popular in Germany in its day and a version of the score for voice and piano was published by Breitkopf & Härtel. Franz Carl Hiemer went on to write the libretto for Abeille's third opera, Peter und Ännchen (1809) as well as the libretti for Carl Maria von Weber's operas Silvana and Abu Hassan.
Roles
- Psyche
- Pythia
- Amor (Cupid)
- Mercury
- Alecto
- The King
- 3 Furies
- 3 Genii
- 3 Priests
Sources
- Autenrieth, Johanne et al. (2000). Die Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (2: Codices musici ; 2, (HB XVII 29 - 480), Volume 2; Volume 6). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, p. 11. ISBN 3-447-04241-9
- Grove, George ed. (1900). "Abeille, Joh. Chr. Ludwig", Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Vol. 1, p. 4. MacMillan & Co. Ltd.
External links
- Literature by and about Amor und Psyche in the German National Library catalogue
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Cupid and Psyche
- Cupid/Eros
- Erotes
- Psyche
- Psyche (1675, Locke)
- Psyché (1678, Lully)
- Les fêtes de Paphos (1751, Cassanéa de Mondonville)
- Amor und Psyche (1800, Abeille)
- Marlborough gem (c. 1st century AD)
- Cupid and Psyche (1st or 2nd century copy)
- Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (1787, Canova)
- Cupid and Psyche (1807, Thorvaldsen)
- Feast of the Gods
- Bacchus, Venus and Cupid (16th century, Fiorentino)
- The Feast of Venus (1636, Rubens)
- Cupid and Psyche (1640, van Dyck)
- Landscape with Psyche Outside the Palace of Cupid (1664, Lorrain)
- Psyche Showing Her Sisters Her Gifts from Cupid (1753, Fragonard)
- Cupid Crowned by Psyche (1790, Greuze)
- Psyche Abandoned (1795, David)
- Cupid and Psyche (1798, Gérard)
- Love and Psyche (1817, David)
- Psyche Looking at Love (1885, Rodin)
- L'Amour et Psyché, enfants (1890, Bouguereau)
- The Bath of Psyche (1890, Leighton)
- Psyché (1671 play)
- Ode to Psyche (1819)
- Eros and Psyche (1885)
- The Golden Ass (1650)
- The Robber Bridegroom (1942)
- Till We Have Faces (1956)
- "Sex 'n' Money" (2006)
- The Visitors
- Old Woman Telling the Tale of Psyche
- Metamorphoses (play)
- The Widow from Valencia
- The Green Serpent