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[EuroArts 2053609] Mozart: Mitridate

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Channel: Naxos Music · 2010 · Music

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Yvonne Kenny, Rockwell Blake, Ashley Putnam, Brenda Boozer, Patricia Rosario, Christian Papis, Catherine Dubosc, Directed for Stage by Jean-Claude Fall
Orchestre de lOpéra de Lyon
Theodor Guschlbauer

This recording presents an outstanding interpretation of one of Mozarts most aristocratic compositions. Mozart was only a fourteen-year-old boy when he composed the opera Mitridate, Rè di Ponto in 1770. The opera seria, a love story set against the background of an ancient king fighting against the Roman Empire, bears impressive evidence of the young composers wunderkind qualities. Recorded live at the Opéra National de Lyon 1986, the staging was a cooperation with the Opéra National de Paris  La Bastille, the most distinguished opera house in France. The highly popular Australian soprano Yvonne Kenny  she sang at the Closing Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games  formed part of the international cast. Rockwell Blake in the title role has been hailed as a vocal phenomenon: his dramatic tenor encompasses a prodigious vocal range and is capable of the most fluid agility. The DVD captures a production that is both poetic and dramatic in clever and musically plausible filming to repeat an opera highlight on the home screen.

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