Mozart was to write a Singspiel for Emperor Joseph II. He fulfilled his wish and wrote the first truly great work for this genre. At the same time he beyond it and wrote one of his great masterpieces. It became one of his greatest successes during a sunny period of his life.
Read Interesting facts and hear great YouTube Videos about the famous Aria “MARTERN ALLER ARTEN “.
The history of opera from Mozart to Puccini. Experience the history of opera with interesting facts and great music examples.
In this episode you hear about one of Mozart’s immortal female role.Tender hymns of love, death wishes and feelings of revenge were the feelings he masterfully set to music.
The history of opera from Mozart to Puccini. Experience the history of opera with interesting facts and great music examples.
In this episode we talk about Mozart the great connoisseur of human nature, and hear about Don Giovanni, the opera of operas. In Zauberflöte he practised social criticism and criticised the social system.
The history of opera from Mozart to Puccini. Experience the history of opera with interesting facts and great music examples.
In this episode you will hear how Mozart wrote three immortal operas with his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte and you will hear musical analyses of Mozart’s central pieces.
In order to describe the final result of the collaboration between Da Ponte and Mozart, superlatives must not be neglected. “World theatre at the level of Don Qujote and Hamlet” or “opera of the operas” are attributes heard and read again and again.
Mozart composed this opera in the year of his death. He finished the work in September 1791. He attended many performances in October and was pleased that after a long time he was able to celebrate a box office success. In November he was already ill in bed and died on December 5. Unbelievable that this magnificent opera was written in the shadow of death.These circumstances did not prevent the opera from becoming the most frequently performed opera in the repertoire. The popularity of die Zauberflöte has been unbroken for many decades.
When Mozart wrote “Cosi fan tutte” in 1790, he was economically devastated. He wrote this opera in an incredible 2 months in his year of death. Mozart again offers us an abundance of melodies. Especially the ensemble scenes like the love duets “soave sia il vento” or “il mio cor vi dono” remain immortal.
Interesting facts and great YouTube Videos about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s «NOZZE DI FIGARO». Highlights are «Deh non vieni tardar» with Lucia Popp, «Voi che sapete» with Maria Ewing, «Porgi amor» with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, «che soave zeffiretto» and the «Nozze di figaro Ouverture»
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