| John Harbison, Principal Guest Conductor Craig Smith, Founder |
2011-2012 Season
Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito
Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 8:00 PM
Pre-Concert Talk at 7:00 PM by John Harbison
The Orchestra and Chorus of Emmanuel Music
Ryan Turner, conductor
Tito |
William Hite, tenor Deborah van Renterghem, soprano Krista River, mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano Susan Consoli, soprano Aaron Engebreth, baritone |
Mozart composed his last opera, La Clemenza di Tito immediately after he had completed The Magic Flute. Its radiant humanity shaped Mozart’s approach to transforming the classic opera seria libretto from its traditional static structure to a pathbreaking stage work, luminous in its characterizations and achingly beautiful in its emotions. It brings a story of desperate intrigues, unrequited love, and heart-stopping reversals of fortune taken directly from Roman history. Roman aristocrat Vitellia plots the assassination of Tito, Emperor of Rome. Tito’s forgiveness of his enemies catches all off guard, turning the opera’s theme into one of clemency and redemption.
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