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.
Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40 Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes (For this the Son of God appeared), BWV 40 , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1723, his first year in Leipzig, for the Second Day of Christmas, and first performed it on 26 December that year in both main churches, Thomaskirche and Nikolaikirche. It was the first Christmas cantata Bach composed for Leipzig. The title of the cantata also appears in more modern German as "Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes ".