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Opera in Mozart's Time

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The last of six operas introduced by Julian Budden Axur, re d'Ormus
Dramma tragicomico in five acts
Music by Antonio Salieri (1788) Libretto by DA PONTE after BEAUMARCHAIS (sung in Italian)
(first UK broadcast)
Originally written for Paris, as Tarare, the opera's unorthodox music and form break the mould of contemporary opera and look forward to 19thcentury Romantic opera. The complex plot revolves around an Arab ruler's lust, anger and jealousy at the happiness of his popular army chief. Atar, a low-born heroic army

Contributors

Introduced By:
Julian Budden
Music By:
Antonio Salieri
Aspasia:
Margaret Marshall (soprano)
his wife:
Margaret Marshall (soprano)
Fiametta,:
Gabriele Sima (soprano)
her maid:
Gabriele Sima (soprano)
Axur,:
Boris Martinovich (bass)
King of Hormus:
Boris Martinovich (bass)
Biscroma, his chief eunuch:
Paolo Gavanelli (bass)
Arteneo,:
Wolfgang Barta(bass-Baritone)
the high priest's son:
Wolfgang Barta(bass-Baritone)
Altamor,:
Josipa Lesaja (bass-Baritone)
his father:
Josipa Lesaja (bass-Baritone)
Ursino,:
Josipa Lesaja (bass-Baritone)
a slave:
Josipa Lesaja (bass-Baritone)
Elemire,:
Rannveig Braga (contralto)
a youth:
Rannveig Braga (contralto)
Actor:
Vienna Singakademie
VIENNA:
Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Glanandrea Gavazzeni
(Austrian:
Radio Recording)
Series producer:
Clive Bennett
Source: Radio Times

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