Samuele is an 1821 Italian-language oratorio by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli.[1] It was performed on 2 June 1821 in Bergamo's Congregazione della Carità by pupils of the Lezioni caritatevoli to welcome the arrival of the new bishop Pietro Mola.[2]

Recordings

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  • Samuele Franz Hauk 2CDs Naxos[3]

References

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  1. ^ John Allitt Giovanni Simone Mayr: vita, musica, pensiero 1995 p376
  2. ^ Howard E. Smither A History of the Oratorio 0807825115 - 2000 - "Mayr's Samuele (1821) was performed in the school in honor of the visit of Bishop Pietro Mola"
  3. ^ Review"