Steppenwolf Ensemble member Ian Barford — currently starring as Antonio Salieri in Steppenwolf’s production of Amadeus — joins WFMT to discuss the use of Mozart’s vocal music in Peter Shaffer’s award-winning play. Amadeus has been extended through January 25. Ticket availability is limited. Learn more HERE.
All selections by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Quartet, “Ach, Belmonte! Ach, mein Leben!” (fragment) from The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Edita Gruberova and Kathleen Battle, sopranos
Gösta Winbergh and Heinz Zednik, tenors
Vienna Philharmonic/Sir Georg Solti
Aria, “Non più andrai” from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone
Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Aria, “Marten aller Arten” from The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Arleen Auger, soprano
Dresden Staatskapelle/Karl Böhm
Kyrie from “Great” Mass in C minor, K. 427
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Wiener Singverein
Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan
Finale, “Contessa, perdono” from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti
Finale, “Don Giovanni, a cenar teco” from Don Giovanni, K. 527
Johannes Weisser, baritone
Lorenzo Regazzo, bass-baritone
Alessandor Guerzoni, bass
RIAS Kammerchor
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Finale, “Die Strahlen der Sonne” from The Magic Flute, K. 620
Kurt Moll, bass
Leipzig Radio Choir
Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir Colin Davis
Communio from Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (ed. Franz Xaver Süssmayr)
Ying Fang, soprano
Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon
