(The Abduction from the Seraglio)
Singspiel in three acts Music by Mozart Libretto by c. F. BRETZNER. reworked by GOTTLIEB STEPHANIE THE YOUNGER (sung in German)
This year's Salzburg Festival production included the first performance of a Jannissary March discovered in December 1979 in the Prussian State Library. Cast:
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS chorus-master
WALTER HAGEN-CROLL VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by LORIN MAAZEL
(Austrian Radio recording) (Next Saturday on BBC2: Mozart's The Impresario)