Today we’re listening to…“Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben” a soprano aria from Act I of the unfinished German opera Zaide by Mozart. Eight years after Mozart’s death in 1791, his widow Constanze came across a manuscript that had no title that he had written when he was 23 years old. Constanze sold it along with several other Mozart manuscripts to a publisher, and in 1838, the publisher name it
The greatest Mozart I ever heard was the Paris Opera production with Georg Solti conducting Jules Bastin, Federica VonStade in the Versailles production by Giorgio Strehler when they came to the Kennedy Center. Of special note: Norman Treigle sang the Count at City Opera who I remember for his stage presence. Paris Opera was stupendous. Zaide is a fragile work never staged at The Met.
Medicine for the voice. Lovely expression. Great singing, thanks. Listening to whole opera now.
The greatest Mozart I ever heard was the Paris Opera production with Georg Solti conducting Jules Bastin, Federica VonStade in the Versailles production by Giorgio Strehler when they came to the Kennedy Center. Of special note: Norman Treigle sang the Count at City Opera who I remember for his stage presence. Paris Opera was stupendous. Zaide is a fragile work never staged at The Met.