''Atalia'' is an Italian-language oratorio by

Simon Mayr Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the R ...

to a libretto by

Felice Romani Giuseppe Felice Romani (31 January 178828 January 1865) was an Italian poet and scholar of literature and mythology who wrote many librettos for the opera composers Donizetti and Bellini. Romani was considered the finest Italian librettist betw ...

, premiered in Naples, 1822.Helen M. Greenwald ''The Oxford Handbook of Opera'' 2014 p.733 0199714843 "To Mayr, Rossini's Mosè, Donizetti's Il diluvio universale, and his own Atalia all evidently count as “oratorios” because they are religiously sincere (Mayr 1843: 74r). When using the term “oratorio” in these cases, both Mayr and Rossini clearly ."

Recordings

* ''Atalía'' - Atalia: Rebecca Martin, Abner: Jacek Janiszewski, Gioas: Maria Jette, Giocada: Thomas Cooley, Matan: James Taylor; Simon Mayr Chor Ingolstadt, Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik, Franz Hauk (live 20 September 2003) Guild

References

{{Authority control Oratorios by Simon Mayr Libretti by Felice Romani 1822 oratorios