Did you know that Mozart wrote his first work for the stage at the age of eleven? To mark the 268th anniversary of the composer’s birth, host Oliver Camacho will share favorite selections from Apollo and Hyacinth, Mitridate, and La finta giardiniera –operas by the precocious genius that trace the emergence of a master storyteller and virtuoso composer for the voice.
The duet from Mozart’s Mitridate from Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s 1986 film featuring Yvonne Kenny and Ann Murray.
All selections by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
La finta giardiniera, K. 196
Aria, “Va pure ad altr’in braccio”
Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Marc Minkowski, conductor
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38
Aria, “Saepe terrent Numina”
Sebastien Pratchske, treble
Nice Baroque Ensemble
Schmidt-Gaden, conductor
Aria, “Laetari, iocari”
Arleen Auger, soprano
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Leopold Hager, conductor
Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe, K.196
Aria, “Scheu ist das freie Vöglein”
Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, conductor
Mitridate, re di Ponto, K. 87
Aria, “Vado incontro al fato estremo”
Michael Spyres, tenor
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
Aria, “Al destin che la minaccia”
Natalie Dessay, soprano
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, conductor
Aria, “Venga pur minacci e frema”
Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Leopold Hager, conductor
Aria, “Lungi da te”
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, conductor
Duet, “Se viver non degg’io”
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Miah Persson, soprano
The Classical Opera Orchestra
Ian Page, conductor