A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Conradi, Johann

by Mary Catherine Hamilton

CONRADI, Johann Georg, chapel-master at Oettingen in Bavaria towards the end of the 17th century, one of the earliest composers of German opera. He produced successfully at the Hamburg Theatre 'Ariadne,' 'Diogenes,' and 'Numa Pompilius' in 1691; 'Karl der Grosse' and 'Jerusalem' (1692); 'Sigismund,' 'Geiserich,' and 'Pygmalion' (1693).

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