Leipzig Opera

Facade of Leipzig Opera building.
Inside the opera house

The Leipzig Opera is an opera house and opera company in Leipzig. It was created in 1693.[1] Georg Philipp Telemann was the opera house's director from 1703 to 1705.[2] The opera house was closed when Johann Sebastian Bach worked in Leipzig.[3]

Leipzig Opera Media

References

  1. Oper Leipzig (in de). www.leipzig.de. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. Zohn, Steven. The Telemann Compendium (2020). Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-78327-446-8.
  3. Wolff, Christoph. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician (in en) (2002)Oxford University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-19-924884-1.