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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Classical Opera/Mozart

Classical Opera/Mozart

22/01/2013

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Arias for the castrato voice by Mozart sung by Sarah Fox and Renata Pokupic.

Live from Wigmore Hall, Catherine Bott presents Sarah Fox, Renata Pokupic, Classical Opera and Ian Page performing music composed by Mozart for the most famous castrati of his day.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London

Presented by Catherine Bott

Sopranos Sarah Fox and Renata Pokupic join forces with Classical Opera and Ian Page to explore some of the repertoire Mozart composed for the most famous castrati of his day 

Arne: "By that belov'd embrace" from Artaxerxes 
Mozart: "Se il rigor d'ingrata sorte" from Mitridate, re di Ponto (K.87)
J C Bach: Disperato in mar turbato" from Adriano in Siria
Mozart: "Se il labbro più non dice" from Ascanio in Alba (K. 207)
"Ah se a morir mi chiama" from Lucio Silla (K. 135) 
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate (K.165)

c8.15 Interval Music 
Mozart: "Dolce d'amor compagna" from La finta giardiniera (K. 196)
"Aer tranquillo e dì serene" from Il re pastore (K. 208)
"Il padre adorato" from Idomeneo (K. 366)
Mozart: Concert Aria, "A questo seno... Or che il ciel" (K.374)
"Deh per questo istante solo" from La clemenza di Tito (K. 621)

Sarah Fox (soprano)
Renata Pokupić (mezzo-soprano)
Classical Opera
Ian Page (conductor)

The castrati were the vocal super-stars of the 18th century: successful ones enjoyed stage careers which brought fame, fortune and international acclaim. Classical Opera's programme explores some of the opera music composed by Mozart for the castrati of his day, together with arias by his English contemporaries Thomas Arne and J C Bach.

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