Mozart is said to have dashed off this operatic masterpiece in a mere 18 days in the last summer of his life. Written for the coronation festivities of Leopold II in Prague,
La Clemenza di Tito is a story of love, betrayal and forgiveness, set among the corridors of power in ancient Rome. This production by Nicholas Hytner - returning to opera after his West End triumph with the musical Miss Saigon - was mounted at Glyndebourne to mark the bicentenary of the composer's death. Introduced by H C Robbins Landon , music historian and Mozart specialist. Tito, Emperor of Rome.... PHILIP LANGRIDGE
Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic conductor Andrew Davis
Television director Robin Lough
Executive producer Dennis Marks ● STEREO