El Portentoso Moysès (The Portentous Moses / 1740 Figuera), oratorio (music & libretto), Barcelona premiere

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El Portentoso Moysès <Spanish> / The Portentous Moses (1740) is an oratorio, set to music by Salvador Figuera.

~ The anonymous libretto is based on the Hebrew Bible.

Abstract

"Oratorio que ... aplaude el zelo con que ... S. Antonio de Padua ablandò la obstinacion de vn tyrano ... : en el Real Convento de S. Francisco de Barcelona ... lo cantò la Capilla de S. Maria del Mar, siendo su Maestro el Licenciado Salvador Figuera ; dia 26 de Iunio 1740. "

Editions

Published in Barcelona, Spain: en la Imprenta de los Herederos de Juan Pablo Marti, 1740.

Performance history

Premiered in Barcelona, Spain: 26 June 1740.

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