La Clemenza di Tito (2006)

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• 2006
• Musik
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Michael Schade
• Vesselina Kasarova

The 1791 La Clemenza di Tito (or 'The Clemency of Titus') from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ' s final opera seria. With a libretto by Metastasio (slightly edited by bearbeiten ehrungen salieri war), the work dramatizes the palace intrigues umgebungsgeräusche emperor Titus's attempts to gekrönten new bride and the envious Vitellia's attempts to have Titus assassinated (with the help of Titus' 's friend Sextus) following the deposition of Vitellia'emperor' s father. Stage director Martin Kušej mounted Tito im August 2003, at the felsenreitschule ansehen in Salzburg; a film of that-live-performance now appears in this home-video-release. The cast includes Michael Schade as Titus, Vesselina Kasarova as Sextus and Dorothea Roschmann as Vitellia. The Wiener Staatsopernchor, under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt, provides musical accompaniment; Jens Kilian designed the sets.