In 1714, at the imperial court in Vienna, the collaboration between Johann Joseph Fux (ca. 1660–1741) and the poet Pietro Pariati began: the story of Daphne and Apollo was performed as their first joint opera for the birthday of Charles VI. In this version of the well-known myth the virtuous nymph is transformed into a laurel tree, which ultimately becomes the symbol of the Habsburg’s exemplary rule.
With his Dafne in lauro, Fux created a masterpiece of baroque opera literature, which was last staged in 2019 as part of the styriarte music festival and became a huge success with the public.
The new scientific edition of this opera oers a musical text according to the guidelines of the historical-critical Fux edition. Notes on performance practice supplement the musical text. The music-historical introduction (in German and English) contains further information on the first performance and the musical structure of the work. The Italian libretto has been critically edited for the first time.

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