Christoph Friedrich Bretzner

Christoph Friedrich Bretzner (10 December 1748 – 31 August 1807) was a Leipzig merchant famous for writing the libretto to a singspiel Belmont und Constanze, oder Die Entführung aus dem Serail, produced in Berlin and adapted in 1782 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gottlieb Stephanie as Die Entführung aus dem Serail.^[1] Bretzner protested against the adaptations on the grounds that original text was stolen by Gottlieb Stephanie who then modified it for Mozart's performances.^[2]

He died on 31 August 1807 after arriving for a theatrical performance in Leipzig.

References

1. ^ MozartProject.org K. 384
2. ^ Deutsch, Otto Erich (1965) Mozart: A Documentary Biography. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Persondata
Name	Bretzner, Christoph Friedrich
Alternative names
Short description	Merchant and writer of comedies.
Date of birth	10 December 1748
Place of birth	Leipzig
Date of death	31 August 1807
Place of death	Leipzig