Emma und Eginhard, oder Die Last-tragende Liebe, TWV 21:25, is a German Singspiel in three acts by Georg Philipp Telemann performed at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg in 1728. The librettist was Christoph Gottlieb Wend [de].[1]

Emma und Eginhard
Singspiel by Georg Philipp Telemann
The composer, c. 1745
LibrettistChristoph Gottlieb Wend
LanguageGerman
Premiere
1728 (1728)

The opera's overture is also played as a violin concerto in A minor.

Edition

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  • Georg Philipp Telemann: Die last-tragende Liebe or Emma und Eginhard, Urtext edition, ISMN 979-0006497942

Recordings

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  • Selected arias: "Das Auge starrt, die Lippen beben"; "Erscheine bald du, Irrlicht meiner Sinne"; "Steckt Mars den Degen ein, so wetzt Cupido Pfeile" from Telemann, album by Nuria Rial (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2011, Cat. No: 88697922562)

References

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  1. ^ "Emma und Eginhard". Goldberg: Early Music Magazine. No. 47–49. 2007. p. 51. Emma und Eginhard, written to a libretto by Christian Gottlieb Wend, is undoubtedly one of the best of the Hamburg