In the 18th century, in the palace of Pasha Selim, in a purely imaginary Turkey. Belmonte, a young Spanish nobleman, is searching for his fiancée, Constance, who has been captured by pirates and sold to Pasha Selim. Blonde, Constance’s English maid, and her lover Pedrillo, Belmonte’s servant, have suffered the same fate and are at the mercy of the cruel Osmin, the seraglio’s 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. ‘The Abduction from the Seraglio’ (‘Die Entführung aus dem Serail’ 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.
Gottlieb Stephanie Jr.
Writer
François Roussillon
Director
Sally Matthews
Konstanze
Edgaras Montvidas
Belmonte
Franck Saurel
Bassa Selim
Mari Eriksmoen
Blonde
Brenden Gunnell
Pedrillo
Tobias Kehrer
Osmin
Jonas Cradock
Klaas
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus
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