Germanicus is a German-language opera by Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...

, to a libretto

Libretto

A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...

 by the poetess Christine Dorothea Lachs, fourth daughter of Nicolaus Adam Strungk

Nicolaus Adam Strungk

Nicolaus Adam Strungk was a German composer and violinist.-Life:...

 of Dresden. The opera was written in 1704 and revised in 1710.

The plot concerns the Roman general Germanicus

Germanicus

Germanicus Julius Caesar , commonly known as Germanicus, was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and a prominent general of the early Roman Empire. He was born in Rome, Italia, and was named either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle...

. The opera was believed lost until 45 arias were discovered in a Frankfurt archive by Dr. Michael Maul. The opera was premiered with spoken text between arias at the Bachfest Leipzig

Bachfest Leipzig

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 2007 and at the 2010 Magdeburg Telemann Festival

Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage

The Magdeburg Telemann Festival has been held biennially in Magdeburg since 1990 in honour of Georg Philipp Telemann, usually around Telemann's birthday, the 14th of March....

 under conductor Gotthold Schwarz (de). A recording was released by cpo

Classic Produktion Osnabrück

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in 2011.