1 Nov 2009
Richard Steinberg
One small clarification: Frederick the Great did write the libretto for the opera Montezuma, but the music itself was written by one of his many court composers, Carl Heinrich Graun, who also served as Frederick's kappelmeister. The opera was performed at the king's retreat in Potsdam, Sanssouci, which was equipped with a theater for the presentation of dramatic and operatic works as well as concerts. The king himself was a decent flute player and capable composer, writing many sonatas for his instrument. He wrote few larger scale works, however; military campaigns, politics, and the demands of governance must have left him little time to do so.
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