JUNE 2026 NEW ON NAXOS
Johann Simon MAYR (1763–1845) Giuseppe Pasticcio oratorio in three acts (1829) Libretto by Alexandre Duval (1767–1842) and Franz Sales Kandler (1792–1831) Freya Apffelstaedt, Alto Konstantin Igl, Philipp Polhardt, Markus Schäfer, Fang Zhi, Tenors Micha Matthäus, Bass-baritone Giuseppe was composed by Mayr in 1829 for graduation concerts at the academy of music in Bergamo over which he presided. His inspiration was a Biblical opera that had won great popularity, Méhul’s Joseph , which had premiered in Paris in 1807, featuring prayers, hymns and unassuming arias. Mayr, however, drew on a much wider musical canvas to include grand arias, duets, a cavatina and a final chorus. He also repeatedly references popular melodies by his contemporaries Donizetti, Rossini and Bellini as befits a pasticcio oratorio. Key features: • Matthias Hoffmann, Niklas Mallmann, Basses Simon Mayr Chorus • Concerto de Bassus Franz Hauk, Director
Markus Schäfer (tenor) and Franz Hauk (conductor/organist) are key figures in the revival of composer Johann Simon Mayr’s music, frequently collaborating with the Simon Mayr Chorus and Concerto de Bassus on Naxos recordings, with Schäfer praised for his elegant handling of Mayr’s demanding tenor roles in operas such as I Cherusci and Amor non ha ritegno , and Mayr’s Masses .
8.574710 Release date: 26 Jun 2026
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Listen to an excerpt from Act I: Introduzione: Coro: Sorgi, propizia Aurora LISTEN
• Of the recent recording of the opera Telemaco (8.660388-89) Fanfare wrote: ‘Franz Hauk elicits fine playing from the period instrument ensemble, Concerto de Bassus. And, typical of Hauk’s Mayr interpretations, the music combines tonal beauty, incisive execution, and an ongoing sense of dramatic urgency’.
Simon Mayr Chorus with Concerto de Bassus © Lorenz Zieglmeier
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