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07/05/2016

Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail

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Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail.

Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Mozart's great comic opera Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, with Albina Shagimuratova as Konstanze and Paul Appleby as Belmonte.

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Presented by Mary Jo Heath and commentator Ira Siff

Mozart wrote the Abduction from the Seraglio just after he had moved to Vienna, a city that had been besieged by the Turkish armies less than 100 years before. Turkish setting and the sounds of military bands had become all the rage, and with these influences Mozart set his 'singspiel' for the city's Burgtheater. 
Mozart's comic work tells of two sets of European lovers, one noble and the other their servants who try to escape from the seraglio (harem) of Pasha Selim, a Turkish despot. Die Entführung boasts some of Mozart's most spectacularly virtuosic vocal music, particularly for its brave heroine, Konstanze.
Coloratura soprano Albina Shagimuratova sings the role of Konstanze, with rising star tenor Paul Appleby as her lover Belmonte. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York are conducted by James Levine in this season's final broadcast Live from the Met.

Konstanze ..... Albina Shagimuratova (soprano)
Blondchen ..... Kathleen Kim (soprano)
Belmonte ..... Paul Appleby (tenor)
Pedrillo ..... Brenton Ryan (tenor)
Osmin ..... Hans-Peter König (bass)
Pasha ..... Matthias von Stegmann (spoken)

The Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
The Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
James Levine (conductor).

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