Theaterkalender 1791: Eröffnungsrede

Bonn, 3 January 1789

This is the published version of a speech written by Christian Gottlob Neefe upon the re-opening of the Bonn Court Theater in January 1789, as it appeared in Heinrich August Ottokar Reichard's Theater-Kalender, auf das Jahr 1791, pp. 10–15. This speech preceded a performance of Vicente Martín y Soler's L'arbore di Diana.

The chorus by Joseph Reicha has survived.

Transcription

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Rede
bei Eröfnung der Nationalschaubühne
zu Bonn, von C. G. Neefe; gespro-
chen von Steiger, die Musik zum
Chore von Jos. Reicha 1789.

Translation

Speech
upon the opening of the National Theater
at Bonn, by C. G. Neefe; recited
by Steiger, the music to the
chorus by Jos. Reicha 1789.