Dafne (Opitz-Schütz)

Die Dafne (1627) is an opera. Its libretto was written by Martin Opitz (which survives) and its music was composed by Heinrich Schütz (which is lost). It has traditionally been regarded as the first German opera, though it has also been proposed more recently that it was in fact a spoken drama with inserted song and ballet numbers.

For the 1597 setting of the original Italian libretto by Jacopo Peri, see Dafne.
Dafne
Opera by Heinrich Schütz
Daphne Chased by Apollo, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1744
LibrettistMartin Opitz
LanguageGerman
Based onDaphne myth
Premiere
April 13, 1627
Hartenfels Castle, Torgau, Saxony, Germany
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