The opera house in Leipzig opened its doors in 1693. Operas had been performed in central Germany for quite some time but they were primarily confined to courts. With the founding of the opera, Leipzig, home of an important trade fair, provided an additional musical attraction that could entertain merchants coming for the fair. While the year 1693 marks the beginning of regular opera performances in Leipzig, the preceding decades saw an increased interest in dramatic genres in the realms of both secular and sacred music. The connection between these dramatic works and the opera house are not just circumstantial. Some of the key players in the opera business in Leipzig were involved in these earlier pieces as well, especially the poet Paul Thymich, the first librettist for the Leipzig opera, who provided the majority of texts for the drammi per musica, Singspiels and sacred cantatas.

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设置舞台：1680 年代莱比锡的戏剧、Libretti 和歌剧的“发明”

莱比锡歌剧院于 1693 年开业。歌剧在德国中部演出了很长一段时间，但主要限于宫廷。随着歌剧院的成立，莱比锡这个重要的贸易展览会的举办地提供了一个额外的音乐景点，可以招待前来参加展览会的商人。虽然 1693 年标志着莱比锡常规歌剧表演的开始，但在过去的几十年里，人们对世俗音乐和神圣音乐领域的戏剧流派越来越感兴趣。这些戏剧作品与歌剧院之间的联系不仅仅是间接的。莱比锡歌剧界的一些关键人物也参与了这些早期作品，尤其是诗人保罗·蒂米奇，他是莱比锡歌剧的第一任编剧，他提供了大部分文本。drammi per musica, Singspiels 和神圣的康塔塔。