Mozart: Die EntfĂŒhrung aus dem Serail
Synopsis
In the 18th century, in the palace of Pasha Selim, in a purely imaginary Turkey. Belmonte, a young Spanish nobleman, is searching for his fiancĂ©e, Constance, who has been captured by pirates and sold to Pasha Selim. Blonde, Constanceâs English maid, and her lover Pedrillo, Belmonteâs servant, have suffered the same fate and are at the mercy of the cruel Osmin, the seraglioâs guardian. Belmonte and Pedrillo devise a plan to rescue Constance, who is determined to die rather than succumb to the advances of Pasha Selim, who is eager to win the heart of his beautiful captive. âThe Abduction from the Seraglioâ (âDie EntfĂŒhrung aus dem Serailâ K.384) is a three-act singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on the play by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 16 July 1782, conducted by the composer. Recorded live at Glyndebourne Festival, July 19, 2015.
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