Best of Mozart

Concert 12
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Hungarian State Opera
Running time including interval
  • Part I:
  • Interval:
  • Part II:

Language Italian

Surtitle Hungarian, English, Italian

The Hungarian State Opera offers light operatic entertainment with intimate Mozart concerts on summer nights. The lowered safety curtain and raised orchestra pit together create an exceptional acoustic experience and an almost chamber-like atmosphere, made even more memorable by projected visuals and distinctive lighting. Through popular excerpts from the great Da Ponte operas – Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte – performed with piano accompaniment, outstanding Hungarian soloists bring the composer’s most celebrated characters into close, intimate focus. While the heat rages outside, enjoy the beauty and excellent acoustics of the air-conditioned auditorium of the Ybl Palace in the company of Almaviva, Figaro, Susanna, Cherubino, Don Giovanni, Zerlina, Guglielmo, Despina, and many other immortal Mozart figures, brought to life by young Hungarian singers.

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Rondo in D major, K. 485
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
    “Porgi, amor” – the Countess' cavatina from Act II
    “Non più andrai” – Figaro's aria from Act I
    “Aprite, presto, aprite” – Susanna and Cherubino's duet from Act II
    “Voi che sapete” – Cherubino's aria from Act II
    “Cosa sento!” – the Count, Susanna, and Don Basilio's trio from Act I
    “Giunse alfin il momento... Deh vieni, non tardar” – Susanna's aria from Act IV
    “Tutto ancor non ho perso... Via, resti servita” – Susanna and Marcellina's duet from Act I
    “Gente, gente, all'armi!” – end scene of Act IV

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Don Giovanni, K. 527
    “In quali eccessi, o Numi... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata” – Donna Elvira's aria from Act II
    “Deh vieni alla finestra” – Don Giovanni's serenade from Act II
    “Fin ch'han dal vino” – Don Giovanni's aria from Act I
    “Batti, batti, o bel Masetto” – Zerlina's aria from Act I
    “Dalla sua pace” – Don Ottavio's aria from Act I

Così fan tutte, K. 588
    “Una donna a quindici anni” – Despina's aria from Act II
    “Donne mie, la fate a tanti” – Guglielmo's aria from Act II
    “Un'aura amorosa” – Ferrando's aria from Act I
    “Ah, scostati!... Smanie implacabili” – Dorabella's aria from Act I

Don Giovanni, K. 527
    “Ah! dov'è il perfido?” – final sextet of Act II