Organization

Lucerne Festival zu Ostern

Conductor

Gianluca Capuano

Singer

Soprano

Anna Prohaska

Vitellia

Léa Desandre

Annio

Tenor

Charles Workman

Titus

Mélissa Petit

Servilia

Bass

Peter Kálmán

Publio

La clemenza di Tito -  (The Clemency of Titus)

Lucerne

Switzerland

Concert Various

Public

The Clemency of Titus

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A regent who reconciles his quarreling people, pacifies the state and even forgives the assassin who tried to kill him: That is what Mozart's last opera  La clemenza di Tito is about, which premiered in September 1791, three months before his death reached. Cecilia Bartoli certainly didn't choose the story about the "mild" Emperor Titus by chance. In times of social division and turmoil, it is the best plea for humane coexistence. Above all, however, Mozart enchants with his divine music. One only has to listen to Sesto's great aria,  Parto, ma tu ben mio, in which the solo part strikes up a tender love dialogue with the basset clarinet and unfolds a magic that no one can resist. Bartoli herself will perform the part of the "traitor" Sesto, which Mozart created for a soprano castrato: a prime role for this exceptional artist. Together with a top-class ensemble, her Musiciens du Prince-Monaco and the conductor Gianluca Capuano, she will perform Mozart's late "Seria" so vividly that there can be no question of a purely "concert performance".

English

Ein Regent, der sein zerstrittenes Volk versöhnt, den Staat befriedet und sogar dem Attentäter verzeiht, der ihm nach dem Leben trachtete: Darum geht es in Mozarts letzter Oper La clemenza di Tito, die im September 1791, drei Monate vor seinem Tod, zur Uraufführung gelangte. Cecilia Bartoli hat die Geschichte um den «milden» Kaiser Titus sicher nicht zufällig ausgewählt. In Zeiten der gesellschaftlichen Spaltung und Zerrissenheit ist sie das beste Plädoyer für ein humanes Miteinander. Vor allem aber bezaubert Mozart durch seine göttliche Musik. Man muss nur die grosse Arie des Sesto, Parto, ma tu ben mio, hören, in der die Solostimme einen zärtlichen Liebesdialog mit der Bassettklarinette anstimmt und einen Zauber entfaltet, dem sich niemand entziehen kann. Die Bartoli selbst wird den Part des «Verräters» Sesto gestalten, den Mozart für einen Soprankastraten schuf: eine Paradepartie für diese Ausnahmekünstlerin. Gemeinsam mit einem hochkarätigen Ensemble, ihren Musiciens du Prince-Monaco und dem Dirigenten Gianluca Capuano wird sie Mozarts späte «Seria» so lebendig darbieten, dass von einer rein «konzertanten Aufführung» keine Rede sein kann.

Deutsch

The Clemency of Titus by Mozart, From (2022/2022), Conductor Gianluca Capuano

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