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Mozart's first true operatic masterpiece, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384, cavorts around a Turkish harem with sexy slow numbers and brilliant arias for the principals. (Thomas Quasthoff fans note: he appears here in the purely speaking role -- the opera is a Singspiel, with spoken dialogue -- of the Pasha Selim.) This live recording from the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus, made in 2014, captures most of the opera's virtues. Soprano Diana Damrau in the role of the imprisoned Konstanze, is lively and equal to the challenges of the dangerous "Martern aller Arten" (Tortures of all kinds), and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin keeps things moving and doesn't overload the Chamber Orchestra of Europe to the point where its energy is drained. The cast in general is well integrated into the overall conception, and if there's a weak point it's with the most celebrated member of the cast, tenor Rolando Villazón in the hero role of Belmonte, whose big tone is out of proportion with the music in general. The performance feints in the direction of historical performance with its fortepiano continuo, but can't compete in that regard with William Christie's historically informed version. It is on balance, however, a highly listenable Mozart in a live recording that puts the singers front and center, and brings them across well.
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 / Act I (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Vocalensemble Rastatt, Choir, MainArtist - Holger Speck, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Thomas Quasthoff, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Thomas Quasthoff, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 / Act II (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Thomas Quasthoff, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Thomas Quasthoff, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384 / Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 / Act II (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 / Act III (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Thomas Quasthoff, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Thomas Quasthoff, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franz-Josef Selig, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Paul Schweinester, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Vocalensemble Rastatt, Choir, MainArtist - Holger Speck, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Douglas Ward, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Mozart's first true operatic masterpiece, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384, cavorts around a Turkish harem with sexy slow numbers and brilliant arias for the principals. (Thomas Quasthoff fans note: he appears here in the purely speaking role -- the opera is a Singspiel, with spoken dialogue -- of the Pasha Selim.) This live recording from the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus, made in 2014, captures most of the opera's virtues. Soprano Diana Damrau in the role of the imprisoned Konstanze, is lively and equal to the challenges of the dangerous "Martern aller Arten" (Tortures of all kinds), and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin keeps things moving and doesn't overload the Chamber Orchestra of Europe to the point where its energy is drained. The cast in general is well integrated into the overall conception, and if there's a weak point it's with the most celebrated member of the cast, tenor Rolando Villazón in the hero role of Belmonte, whose big tone is out of proportion with the music in general. The performance feints in the direction of historical performance with its fortepiano continuo, but can't compete in that regard with William Christie's historically informed version. It is on balance, however, a highly listenable Mozart in a live recording that puts the singers front and center, and brings them across well.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 42 track(s)
- Total length: 02:18:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Diana Damrau
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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