Christoph Friedrich Bretzner
Librettist
1748 – 1807
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Who was Christoph Friedrich Bretzner?
Christoph Friedrich Bretzner was a Leipzig merchant famous for writing the libretto to a singspiel Belmont und Constanze, oder Die Entführung aus dem Serail, produced in Berlin and adapted in 1782 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gottlieb Stephanie as Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Bretzner protested against the adaptations on the grounds that original text was stolen by Gottlieb Stephanie who then modified it for Mozart's performances.
He died on 31 August 1807 after arriving for a theatrical performance in Leipzig.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1748
Leipzig - Also known as
- Bretzner, Christoph Friedrich
- Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Aug 31, 1807
Leipzig
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on July 23, 2013
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