Mozart: “La clemenza di Tito”With Cecilia Bartoli and Gianluca Capuano (conductor)
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Troubled times in ancient Rome – people caught between fervent love, cold craving for power and humanistic hope: With “La clemenza di Tito”, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created an opera that instils empathy for its characters and their inner conflicts.
This event is in the past.
Troubled times in ancient Rome – people caught between fervent love, cold craving for power and humanistic hope: With “La clemenza di Tito”, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created an opera that instils empathy for its characters and their inner conflicts.
- Cecilia Bartoli, Sesto
- John Osborn, Tito
- Alexandra Marcellier, Vitellia
- Melissa Petit, Servilia
- Siena Licht Miller, Annio
- Peter Kalman, Publio
- Il Canto di Orfeo
- Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco
- Gianluca Capuano, conductor
Cecilia Bartoli is staging this work in December with an ensemble of singers hand-picked from among her renowned colleagues – including the up-and-coming Egyptian soprano Fatma Said. Mozart created magnificent arias and duets for this opera, which he wrote in parallel with the “Magic Flute”. From the first sketches and drafts to the completed score, he penned about 800 pages of his last two operas within a mere six months from April to September 1791. Mozart’s music for this opera also makes for an inspiring listening experience.
Cecilia Bartoli herself slips into the trouser role of the emotional Sesto. There must be “a nest of nightingales hidden within her throat”, enthused the press about the coloratura mezzo-soprano’s voice. But words alone are not enough to describe the phenomenon that is Bartoli. Remarkably, she never intended to pursue a world career; her sole wish was to make music. Born and raised in Rome, Bartoli has been one of the leading artists in her field for over three decades, and her performances have taken her to the most prestigious halls and opera houses in the world.
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “La clemenza di Tito”
