Pygmalion (Benda)

Opera by composer Georg Benda

For the similarly named opera by Rameau, see Pygmalion (Rameau). For other works with a similar title, see Pygmalion.

Pygmalion

Monodrama by Georg Benda

Georg Benda in 1751

Librettist| Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter
Language| German
Based on| Rousseau's Pygmalion
Premiere|

20 September 1779 (1779-09-20)

Ekhof-Theater [de], Gotha

Pygmalion is a monodrama in one act by composer Georg Benda with a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter. The opera's first performance was at the Ekhof Theatre [de], the court theatre in Gotha, on 20 September 1779.[1] Pygmalion was the fourth of the five theatrical collaborations of Benda and Gotter. Gotter based his text on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 play Pygmalion. Benda's melodrama is unusual as it has no singing roles. Two of the three characters, Pygmalion and Galatea, are spoken roles; the other, Venus, is silently acted on stage.

## Synopsis[edit]

Pygmalion, having renounced women, is in love with the statue he has made, his Galatea. Venus allows her to come to life, giving him final happiness.

## Discography[edit]

* Benda Melodramas: Ariadne auf Naxos/Pygmalion with conductor Christian Benda and the Prague Chamber Orchestra [cs]. Cast: Brigitte Quadlbauer (Ariadne) and Peter Uray (Pygmalion). Released in 1996 on the Naxos label.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Pygmalion, 20 September 1779". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).

## External links[edit]

* Pygmalion (Benda): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
* Pygmalion at Naxos Records

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Operas|

* Ariadne auf Naxos (1775)
* Medea (1775)
* Romeo und Julie (1776)
* Pygmalion (1779)

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Pygmalion from Ovid's Metamorphoses

Characters|

* Galatea
* Propoetides

Opera|

* Pigmalion (1748)
* Pygmalion (1779)
* Pimmalione (1809)
* Il Pigmalione (1816)
* Die schöne Galathée (1863 operetta)

Ballet|

* Pygmalion, ou La Statue de Chypre

Play|

* Pygmalion (1762)
* Pygmalion and Galatea (1871)
* Pygmalion (1912)

Musical|

* Pygmalion; or, The Statue Fair (1872)
* Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed (1883)
* One Touch of Venus (1943)
* My Fair Lady (1956)

Video game|

* Galatea

Art|

* Pygmalion and the Image series
* Pygmalion and Galatea (Gérôme)

Television|

* "If I Had a Hammer"
* A Mulher Invisível

Literature|

* Pintosmalto
* Mr Simigdáli
* Fall Out Toy Works

Film|

* Pygmalion and Galatea (1898)
* The Tinted Venus (1921)
* Pygmalion (1938)
* One Touch of Venus (1948)
* My Fair Lady (1964)
* Mannequin (1987)
* Ruby Sparks (2012)

Related|

* 96189 Pygmalion
* Agalmatophilia
* Gynoid
* Comic Potential (1998)

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