Opera seria in two acts
Libretto by CATERINO MAZ-ZOLA after METASTASIO
The last opera of Mozart. the apotheosis of the seria tradition, in this year's Salzburg Festival production at the former Summer Riding School. (sung in Italian)
Cast in order of singing:
PHILIP EISENBERG
(harpsichord continue) WALDEMAR THILO (cello continue)
CHORUS Or THE VIENNA STATE OPERA chorus-master
WALTER HAGEN-GROLL VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by JAMES LEVINE Act 1
8.40*Interval Beading
8.50* La clemenza dl Tite Act 2
(Austrian Radio recording)