Organization

Conductor

Karl Böhm

Stage director

August Everding

Set designer

Max Bignens

Costume designer

Singer

Soprano

Edita Gruberová

Constance

Reri Grist

Blonde

Tenor

Francisco Javier Ariza

Belmonte

Bass

Martti Talvela

Osmin

Norbert Orth

Pedrillo

Bayerische Staatsoper

Die Entführung aus dem Serail -  (The Abduction from the Seraglio)

Munich

Germany

August Everding staged Mozart's Singspiel at the Munich National Theater as a cheerful opera, but, as he said, with the "background" that Mozart demanded: the buffo characters were given human traits. The stage consists of bright architecture with an oriental touch, the elements of which are constantly shifting. Stage designer Max Bignens speaks of "choreographic" decoration: "We didn't want anything cumbersome for Mozart's music and, above all, no major conversions". Karl Böhm, who conducted his first "Abduction" in the National Theater in 1924, sees the depth of the music, what it contains in terms of glamor and magic, Eros and spirituality. Edita Gruberova takes center stage with accurate and flashing coloraturas. Martti Talvela as Osmin is flexible in performance and voice, cunning braggart. Thomas Holtzmann speaks Bassa Selim as a nervous, short-tempered potentate. Francisco Araiza sings the Belmonte with luminous tones. Norbert Orth is a fresh Pedrillo and Reri Grist is a blonde with natural charm and musical sensitivity.

When Joseph II was planning a "German national theatre" in 1776, which was primarily to perform German operas, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first thought of revising his unfinished Singspiel "Zaide" for this theatre, but then wrote a completely new one Opera on a similar subject: "The Abduction from the Seraglio".

The plot follows the then popular "Turkish Operas", which - under the impression of the defeated siege of Vienna by Turkish troops - had been written in ever new versions for some time. (Around 25 years later, Gioachino Rossini revived this scheme for the opera buffa with his operas "The Italian Woman in Algiers" and "The Turk in Italy".) However, Mozart drew the characters of his Singspiel in finer colors than he did in the was the case with most of the operas of his contemporaries. And through the generous gesture of Bassa Selim at the end of the opera, ideas of humanism and enlightenment find their way onto the Singspiel stage.

Much has been puzzled and speculated as to why the role of Pasha Selim is only for speaking; the reason for this seems to be an emergency solution: the tenor who was actually supposed to sing this role had been dismissed when the opera was being written..

Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart

Public

The Abduction from the Seraglio

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

August Everding staged Mozart's Singspiel at the Munich National Theater as a cheerful opera, but, as he said, with the "background" that Mozart demanded: the buffo characters were given human traits. The stage consists of bright architecture with an oriental touch, the elements of which are constantly shifting. Stage designer Max Bignens speaks of "choreographic" decoration: "We didn't want anything cumbersome for Mozart's music and, above all, no major conversions". Karl Böhm, who conducted his first "Abduction" in the National Theater in 1924, sees the depth of the music, what it contains in terms of glamor and magic, Eros and spirituality. Edita Gruberova takes center stage with accurate and flashing coloraturas. Martti Talvela as Osmin is flexible in performance and voice, cunning braggart. Thomas Holtzmann speaks Bassa Selim as a nervous, short-tempered potentate. Francisco Araiza sings the Belmonte with luminous tones. Norbert Orth is a fresh Pedrillo and Reri Grist is a blonde with natural charm and musical sensitivity.

When Joseph II was planning a "German national theatre" in 1776, which was primarily to perform German operas, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first thought of revising his unfinished Singspiel "Zaide" for this theatre, but then wrote a completely new one Opera on a similar subject: "The Abduction from the Seraglio".

The plot follows the then popular "Turkish Operas", which - under the impression of the defeated siege of Vienna by Turkish troops - had been written in ever new versions for some time. (Around 25 years later, Gioachino Rossini revived this scheme for the opera buffa with his operas "The Italian Woman in Algiers" and "The Turk in Italy".) However, Mozart drew the characters of his Singspiel in finer colors than he did in the was the case with most of the operas of his contemporaries. And through the generous gesture of Bassa Selim at the end of the opera, ideas of humanism and enlightenment find their way onto the Singspiel stage.

Much has been puzzled and speculated as to why the role of Pasha Selim is only for speaking; the reason for this seems to be an emergency solution: the tenor who was actually supposed to sing this role had been dismissed when the opera was being written...

English

The Abduction from the Seraglio by Mozart, R 01 aug 1980, Alates (1980/1980), Juhatatud August Everding,, Dirigent Karl Böhm

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