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Last broadcast on Thu, 19 Jan 2012, 14:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Opera Matinee
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, opera seria in two acts, K. 621
Written in just eighteen days, this performance of Mozart's last opera was given as part of the LSO's eighteen day residency at the 2011 Aix-en-Provence Festival. Mozart's masterpiece portrays the torment of the human condition as a man of power gains mastery over his impulses and passion is ultimately tamed.
Presented by Penny Gore
Titus ..... Gregory Kunde (tenor),
Vitellia ..... Carmen Giannattasio (soprano),
Sesto ..... Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano),
Annio ..... Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano),
Servilia ..... Amel Brahim-Djelloul (soprano),
Publio ..... Darren Jeffery (bass),
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Chorus,
London Symphony Orchestra,
Sir Colin Davis (conductor).
La Clemenza di Tito
La Clemenza di Tito
La Clemenza di Tito
La Clemenza di Tito
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
— La Clemenza di Tito - opera in 2 acts K.621Conductor: Colin DAVIS Performer: Amel BRAHIM-DHJELLOUL - Soprano Performer: Anna STEPHANY - Mezzo-soprano Performer: Carmen GIANNATTASIO - Soprano Performer: Darren JEFFERY - Bass Performer: Gregory KUNDE - Tenor Performer: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Performer: Sarah CONNOLLY - Mezzo-soprano Performer: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
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Thu 19 Jan 201214:00
