Mayr's first wife, Angiola Venturali, died in childbirth shortly after their marriage, and he later married her younger sister, Lucrezia Venturali, in 1804.
Compositional Technique
The music of Amor non ha ritegno exemplifies the early Romantic style evolving around 1800, characterized by its blend of external drama, inner sentiment, and comic merriment.
Composer Biography
Mayr founded the Lezioni Caritatevoli di Musica, a music school for students with limited means in Bergamo, where Gaetano Donizetti became his most famous pupil.
Recording & Production
This recording of Johann Simon Mayr's Amor non ha ritegno is a world premiere recording.
Composition History
Amor non ha ritegno, an opera semiseria, premiered on May 18, 1804, at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and was a great success, partly due to its illustrious cast.
Composer Biography
Johann Simon Mayr, the composer, was inducted into the Bavarian secret society of the Illuminati by lawyer Thomas von Bassus in 1787.
Compositional Technique
The opera features a 'Gothic' baron, Don Fulsbergo, whose Italian pronunciation is terrible and who frequently interjects German words into his speech.
