Christian Heinrich Postel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christian Heinrich Postel

German librettist and lawyer

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1658

Place of Birth: Freiburg/Elbe, Germany

Date of Death: 22-Mar-1705

Profession: writer, lawyer, poet, translator, author, librettist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Christian Heinrich Postel (11 October 1658 – 22 March 1705) was a German jurist, epic poet and opera librettist, who wrote 28 libretti for the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg: set by composers such as Johann Philipp Förtsch, Reinhard Keiser and Georg Philipp Telemann.
His texts for a St John Passion were set by composers Christian Ritter, Johann Mattheson and Johann Sebastian Bach in their respective St John Passion.