Editing Leipzig Opera (section)

==History==
Performances of opera in Leipzig trace back to [[Singspiel]] performances beginning in the year 1693.<ref name="Oper Leipzig">{{cite web | title=Oper Leipzig | website=Oper Leipzig | url=https://www.leipzig.de//freizeit-kultur-und-tourismus/kunst-und-kultur/buehne/oper-leipzig | language=de | access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref> The composer of many early operas at the first opera house, the [[Oper am Brühl]], was [[Georg Philipp Telemann|Telemann]]. He was director of the house from 1703 to 1705.<ref name="Loh-Kliesch">{{cite web | last=Loh-Kliesch | first=André | title=Telemann, Georg Philipp – Musiker und Komponist | website=Leipzig-Lexikon | url=https://www.leipzig-lexikon.de/biogramm/Telemann_Georg_Philipp.htm | language=de | access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>

The Leipzig Opera does not have its own opera orchestra – the [[Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra]] performs as its orchestra. This relationship began in 1766 with performances of the [[Singspiel]] ''{{Lang|de|[[Die verwandelten Weiber|Die verwandelten Weiber, oder Der Teufel ist los]]}}'' by [[Johann Adam Hiller]].