Montezuma (Graun)
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Montezuma (Graun)
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Montezuma is an opera seria in three acts by the German composer Carl Heinrich Graun. The libretto was written in French by Graun's patron, Frederick the Great, the King of Prussia, and turned into an Italian libretto by Giampetro Tagliazucchi. The work's plot concerns Hernán Cortés's conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztec emperor Montezuma. It was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Berlin on 6 January 1755. The title role was originally performed by a castrato, but today is
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2023-01-07T17:51:28Z
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