Pygmalion (opera)とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Pygmalion is a monodrama in one act by composer Georg Benda with a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter. The opera's first performance was at the Hoftheater, Gotha, on September 20, 1779. Pygmalion was the fourth of the five theatrical works that Benda and Gotter worked on together. Gotter based his text on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 play Pygmalion. Benda's melodrama is unusual as it has three characters but only one spoken role. Two of the parts are silently acted on stage.