MOZART CONCERT / ONLINE RETRANSMISSION

Due to popular demand, the retransmission of the LIVE concert from the 19^th of December 2020 will again be made available on the YouTube channel of the Polish Royal Opera. The recording will be available until midnight on the 31^st of January 2021.

A genius symphonist, a master of the musical drama, an aficionado of the human voice. Ladies and Gentlemen, may we present to you Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – the central figure of this concert, whose life and body of work have inspired generations of artists. The event, filled with the incomparable music of the Viennese master, will start with a symphony of a cheerful character, listed 201 in Köchel’s catalogue. Composed by the 18-year-old Mozart in Salzburg, this composition, intended for a smaller ensemble (apart from strings, the score includes only oboes and horns), is especially subtle. The grace and sensitivity, with which the composer uses the sound of wind instruments, is especially noteworthy.

The second part of the concert will feature the favourite opera fragments of audiences and performers alike – Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, La finta giardiniera and Don Giovanni, each of them ripe with musical pearls which can freely be performed outside of the opera context. After all, Mozart’s genius also lies in his incredible ability to render a person’s character – be it comical or dramatic – in a single aria.

Marta Dziewanowska-Pachowska

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Symphony in A-major, KV 201
(Allegro moderato – Andante – Menuetto – Allegro con spirito)

Una donna a quindici anni – aria (Despina), act II of the opera Così fan tutte
E amore un ladroncello – aria (Dorabella), act II of the opera Così fan tutte
Non più andrai – aria (Figaro), act I of the opera Le Nozze di Figaro
Voi che sapete – aria (Cherubino), act II of the opera Le nozze di Figaro
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön – aria (Tamino), act I of the singspiel Die Zauberflöte
Madamina il catalogo è questo – aria (Leporello), act I of the opera Don Giovanni
Che beltà, che leggiadria – aria (Belfiore), act I of the opera La finta giardiniera
Geme la tortorella – aria (Sandrina), act I of the opera La finta giardiniera
Pa-Pa-Pa-Papageno – duet (Papagena and Papageno), act II of the singspiel Die Zauberflöte

CAST

IWONA HANDZLIK  SOPRANO
ANETA ŁUKASZEWICZ MEZZOSOPRANO
JACEK SZPONARSKI  TENOR
PAWEŁ MICHALCZUK   BASS

THE ORCHESTRA OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA

DAWID RUNTZ CONDUCTOR

Duration: around 1h 15 min