Georg Anton Benda: Medea [Linen Score + USB]: Orchestra: ScoreA Melodrama Interspersed With Music-Georg Anton Benda s melodrama Medea (1775) was one of the most successful German musical theatre works of the late 18th century. With a libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter the work soon became a great influence within the melodrama genre. For several decades it was performed all over central Europe developing an impressive reception history. Between 1775 and about 1790 the melodrama was considered an extremely popular (albeit controversial) part of musical theatre in particular in German-speaking regions. Consequently Benda s Medea was at the center of many heated debates. Instrumentation : Publisher : |