Prom 39: Mozart – The Abduction from the Seraglio
Part of the Proms 2015 Series
Add to my Calendar 14-08-2015 19:00 14-08-2015 21:00 36 Prom 39: Mozart – The Abduction from the Seraglio Energy and good humour meet musical exoticism in Mozart’s earliest operatic success - the storybook fantasy The Abduction from the Seraglio. It’s a work born of the 18th-century fascination with the Orient and there’s no resisting the jangling pulse of percussion that is the opera’s heartbeat. Glyndebourne Festival Opera returns for its annual visit to the Proms under Music Director Robin Ticciati, with an international cast led by British soprano Sally Matthews and Lithuanian tenor Edgaras Montvidas. There will be two intervals Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Abduction from the Seraglio, K.384 (semi-staged; sung and spoken in German)
Performers
Edgaras Montvidas – Belmonte
Sally Matthews – Konstanze
Mari Eriksmoen – Blonde
Brenden Patrick Gunnell – Pedrillo
Tobias Kehrer – Osmin
Franck Saurel – Pasha Selim
Robin Ticciati – Conductor
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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Programme Note
Energy and good humour meet musical exoticism in Mozart’s earliest operatic success - the storybook fantasy The Abduction from the Seraglio. It’s a work born of the 18th-century fascination with the Orient and there’s no resisting the jangling pulse of percussion that is the opera’s heartbeat. Glyndebourne Festival Opera returns for its annual visit to the Proms under Music Director Robin Ticciati, with an international cast led by British soprano Sally Matthews and Lithuanian tenor Edgaras Montvidas.
There will be two intervals