Which German composer's cantata "Carmina Burana" was performed for the first time in Frankfurt?
Alte Oper The original opera house in Frankfurt is now the Alte Oper ("Old Opera"), a concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was inaugurated in 1880 but destroyed by bombs in 1944. It was rebuilt, slowly, in the 1970s, opening again in 1981. Many important operas were performed for the first time in Frankfurt, including Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" in 1937.
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125 Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (With peace and joy I depart), BWV 125 , is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed this chorale cantata in Leipzig in 1725 for the feast for the Purification of Mary which is celebrated on 2 February and is also known as Candlemas. The cantata is based on Martin Luther's 1524 hymn "Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin ", and forms part of Bach's chorale cantata cycle, written to provide Sundays and feast days of the liturgical year with cantatas based on a related Lutheran hymn.