Johann Simon Mayr

We’re turning to music of Giovanni Simone Mayr on this week’s Sunday Opera (1/5 3:00 p.m.) with a live performance of his 1801 work “Ginevra di Scozia.” The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on a story by Antonio Salvi that was used nearly 20 times in other classical works by composers such as Handel.

This week's opera is from the pen of a forgotten master who was the teacher of Donizetti, inspiration of Rossini, and author of nearly 70 operas, Johann Simon Mayr. The opera is 1814's “Le due duchesse ossia La caccia dei lupi” (“The Two Duchesses or The Hunt of the Wolves”) in its 2017 world premier recording.