Singspiel in two acts Music by Mozart Libretto by JOHANN ANDREAS SCHACHTNER (sung in German)
Mozart woTked on Zaide in 1779 and put it aside to write ldomeneo. Its music is prophetic of Die Entliihrung and even Die Zauberflöte, and uniquely in his output features
' melodramas ', a mixture of the spoken word and music.
SALZBURG MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA conducted by LEOPOLD HAGER
(Austrian Radio recording) Act 1