From the Schwetzingen Festival, May 1991
the elaborate Aria "Martern aller Arten" for Konstanze is an outstanding challenge for sopranos
Ruth Ann Swenson - Konstanze
Hans Peter Blochwitz - Belmonte
Malin Hartelius - Blondchen
Manfred Fink - Pedrillo
Kurt Rydl - Osmin
Matthias Habich - Selim Bassa
Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger - libretto
Stuttgart Chorus
Gianluigi Gelmetti - conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
ACT II "Martern aller Arten"
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) is one of Mozart’s five great repertoire operas alongside Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte and Die Zauberflöte. A typical ‘Singspiel’, a form in which all the dialogue is spoken rather than sung, it was a great success during Mozart’s lifetime and to this day has not lost any of its magic. Mozart was twenty-six when he wrote this opera, which was commissioned by a Viennese Theatre and premiered in 1782.