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Martha Akt Iii. Ach So Fromm Ach So Traut by Friedrich Von Flotow

Artist Biography For Friedrich Von Flotow

Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand Freiherr Von Flotow 27 April 1812 – 24 January 1883 Was A German Composer. He Is Chiefly Remembered For His Opera Martha Which Was Popular In The 19th Century. Flotow Was Born In Teutendorf In Mecklenburg Into An Aristocratic Family. He Studied At The Conservatoire De Paris And Came Under The Influence Of Daniel Auber Gioachino Rossini Giacomo Meyerbeer Gaetano Donizetti Fromental Halévy And Later Charles Gounod And Jacques Offenbach. These Influences Are Reflected In His Operas Where A Distinctive French Opéra Comique Flavour Exists. He Completed His First Opera In 1835 Pierre Et Cathérine But His Breakthrough Came With Le Naufrage De La Méduse 1839 Based On The Wreck Of The Warship Méduse. The Three-Act Romantic Opera Alessandro Stradella Of 1844 Is Recognized As One Of Flotow's Finer Works. Martha Was First Staged In Vienna At The Theater Am Kärntnertor On 25 November 1847. Between 1856 And 1863 Flotow Served As Intendant Of The Court Theatre At Schwerin. He Spent His Last Years In Paris And Vienna And Had The Satisfaction Of Seeing His Operas Mounted As Far Away As Saint Petersburg And Turin. He Died In Darmstadt At The Age Of 70.

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