Friedrich Christian Feustking

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Died 1739		Libretti Nero

Friedrich Christian Feustking (1678 – 1739) was a German theologian, poet and a librettist of operas and Singspiele for the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg.

Feustking studied theology at the University of Wittenberg and then moved to Hamburg in 1702. In 1705 he was appointed minister in Tolk near Schleswig. In the summer of 1706 he moved to Italy.

Works

Die unglückselige Cleopatra, Königin von Egypten oder Die betrogene Staats-Liebe, drama in three acts with music by Johann Mattheson, premiered on 20 October 1704 at the Oper am Gänsemarkt

Almira, Königin von Castilien with music by Georg Friedrich Händel, premiered on 8 January 1705, conducted by Reinhard Keiser, repeated 20 times during the following weeks

Nero, also with music by Handel, premiered on 25 February 1705, music lost

References

Friedrich Christian Feustking Wikipedia

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