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Christoph Friedrich Bretzner(1748-1807)

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Christoph Friedrich Bretzner was born on 10 December 1748 in Leipzig, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]. He was a writer, known for Great Performances (1971), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1969) and Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1990). He died on 31 August 1807 in Leipzig, Saxony [now Germany].
BornDecember 10, 1748
DiedAugust 31, 1807(58)
BornDecember 10, 1748
DiedAugust 31, 1807(58)
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Great Performances (1971)
Great Performances
7.9
TV Series
  • Writer
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
8.5
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1969
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1990)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
7.1
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1990
L'Enlèvement au Sérail (2004)
L'Enlèvement au Sérail
TV Movie
  • Writer(as Christoph F. Bretzner)
  • 2004

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Writer

  • Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (2019)
    Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
    Video
    • libretto
    • 2019
  • Abduction from the Seraglio (2016)
    Abduction from the Seraglio
    Video
    • original libretto
    • 2016
  • Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2016)
    Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • story "Belmonte und Constanze"
    • 2016
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2011)
    Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    8.8
    TV Movie
    • libretto by
    • 2011
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    TV Movie
    • text: after
    • 2004
  • L'Enlèvement au Sérail (2004)
    L'Enlèvement au Sérail
    TV Movie
    • text based on (as Christoph F. Bretzner)
    • 2004
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • work "Belmonte und Constanze"
    • 2003
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2002)
    Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    TV Movie
    • by
    • 2002
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 2000
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1999)
    Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    4.7
    TV Movie
    • work
    • 1999
  • Christine Schäfer in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1997)
    Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • story "Belmonte und Constanze"
    • 1997
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1991)
    Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • story "Belmonte und Constanze"
    • 1991
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1990)
    Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • story "Belmonte und Constanze"
    • 1990
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1988)
    Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1988
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • story "Belmonte and Constanze"
    • 1988

Soundtrack

  • Mozart in Turkey (2000)
    Mozart in Turkey
    8.6
    • Soundtrack ("Die Enführung aus dem Serail, Singspiel in three acts")
    • 2000
  • Amadeus (1984)
    Amadeus
    8.4
    • Soundtrack ("Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384, Marten Aller Arten" (1782), uncredited)
    • 1984

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Christoph F. Bretzner
  • Born
    • December 10, 1748
    • Leipzig, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]
  • Died
    • August 31, 1807
    • Leipzig, Saxony [now Germany]

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    German playwright, librettist, and businessman.

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