About this Recording 8.573065 - MAYR, J.S.: Arianna a Nasso
[Cantata] (Horak, T.M. Allen, Simon Mayr Choir, Ingolstadt
Georgian Chamber Orchestra, Hauk) English  German   Simon Mayr
(1763–1845) Arianna in Nasso (Ariadne on Naxos)   Cantata in One
Act Libretto by Giovanni Schmidt  Arianna (Ariadne) – Cornelia
Horak, Soprano Bacco (Bacchus) – Thomas Michael Allen, Tenor
Chorus of the Followers of Theseus and of Bacchantes Simon Mayr
Chorus and Ensemble Directed from the harpsichord by Franz Hauk
Born in the Bavarian town of Mendorf, near Ingolstadt, in 1763,
Simon Mayr was the son of a schoolteacher and showed some early
ability as a musician. He was a pupil at the Jesuit College in
Ingolstadt, before entering the university to study theology,
while continuing to demonstrate great versatility as a musician.
His musical training, however, only began in earnest in 1787,
when a patron, noticing his talent, took him to Italy. There,
from 1789, he studied with Carlo Lenzi, master of the music at
Bergamo Cathedral.