Although rehearsing takes up quite a bit of the day, I do get a chance to enjoy the city and the beautiful scenery. I am working with a very talented group of people on Mozart's masterpiece, Cosi fan tutte.
This scene is taken from a Glyndebourne Festival in England (http://www.glyndebourne.com/). The DVD is one of my favorites as it combines excellent singing with convincing acting and the genius of Mozart and his librettist,Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Mozart is one of my favorite composers. He knew how to write for the voice and he built in all of the drama into the score. He was truly a genius and it's a pleasure to be able to work on his operas. Cosi fan tutte, like Nozze di Figaro or Don Giovanni (or really any of his works) is a life work. I could spend my whole life studying and performing it and never perfect it. It is that complex and well written.
Check out Pacific Opera Victoria's website for more information. It's a great company, city and opera!
Wow, it's so interesting to hear a professional's perspective on Mozart's compositions. I had no idea how complex his work could/can be. Looking forward to seeing POV's production of CFT!
ReplyDeleteMozart is cool.
ReplyDeleteI saw a movie about Mozart in music class once. He was portrayed as this young musician genius that goofed off a lot (with girl(s)?)but extremely talented in both performing and writing music. There was this other guy (forgot his name) who was kind of old and was super jealous of Mozart and tried to sabotage him!
ReplyDeleteHow many glasses of water do you drink a day to stay hydrated?
ReplyDeleteMichelle, the movie was Amadeus. It was a good movie, although I'm not sure if it was very accurate historically. The 'evil' guy was Salieri, a very well known composer at the time. There is not a lot of evidence that he and Mozart hated each other.
ReplyDeleteAs for staying hydrated. Anywhere between 8-15 glassed of water a day.
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