Opera - The Abduction from the Seraglio

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

The Phoenix Opera production of

The Abduction from the Seraglio

133:84

Comic opera in three acts

Libretto by G. Stephanie from a play by C.F. Bretzner

Texts of musical numbers translated by Joan Cross and Anne Wood

English dialogue translated and adapted by Hugh Mills

Act I

Scene 1

1

Overture

4:11

No. 1: Aria

2

'Here surely I must find her'

2:39

3

'Constanza, my beloved'

0:13

Belmonte

No. 2: Aria and Duet

4

'You may think you've found a maiden'

2:34

Osmin, Belmonte

5

'The devil take you and your song, sir'

4:18

Belmonte, Osmin

6

'There - I got rid of him'

0:31

Osmin, Pedrillo

No. 3: Aria

7

'These young men who go a-spying'

5:06

Osmin, Pedrillo

8

'Ouf! Thank God he's gone'

2:14

Pedrillo, Belmonte

No. 4: Aria

9

'Constanza! Constanza!'

0:33

10

'Oh what trembling, oh what passion'

4:26

Belmonte

11

'They're coming, sir, they're coming'

0:19

Pedrillo

No. 5: Chorus

12

'Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim'

1:35

Chorus

13

'Always so sad, my beloved'

0:50

Pasha Selim, Constanza

No. 6: Aria

14

'How I loved him, I was happy'

5:43

Constanza

15

'Pasha Selim, I'll be your slave'

2:44

Constanza, Selim, Pedrillo, Belmonte

No. 7: Trio

16

'March, march, march, off you go'

2:18

Osmin, Belmonte, Pedrillo

Act II

17

'Tra-la-le-ra. Tra-la-le-ra'

0:42

Osmin, Blonda

No. 8: Aria

18

'With smiles and kind caresses'

3:51

Blonda

19

'Gentleness! Kindness!'

1:09

Osmin, Blonda

No. 9: Duet

20

'I'm going, but mark what I say'

1:08

21

'O Englishmen you must be crazy'

1:17

Osmin, Blonda

22

'Be off now!'

1:07

Blonda, Osmin

23

'Ah, there's Constanza'

0:15

No. 10: Recitative and Aria

24

'Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit'

2:12

25

'Endless grief tortures my spirit'

6:24

Constanza

26

'Señorita, try - try - not to lose hope'

0:58

Blonda, Constanza, Pasha Selim

No. 11: Aria

27

'Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting'

8:56

Constanza

28

'She shows no signs of weakening'

0:28

Selim

29

'Blonda? Come here, quickly'

0:48

Pedrillo, Blonda

No. 12: Aria

30

'Oh, the happy, happy day'

2:50

Blonda

31

'Any sign of Osmin?'

0:42

Pedrillo, Blonda

No. 13: Aria

32

'Now Pedrillo, now for battle!'

3:19

Pedrillo

33

'What do you want?'

1:32

Osmin, Pedrillo

No. 14: Duet

34

'Here's to Bacchus, long live Bacchus'

2:01

Pedrillo, Osmin

35

'What do you say, brother Osmin?'

1:16

Pedrillo, Osmin, Belmonte

36

'Belmonte! Is it possible'

0:10

Constanza, Belmonte

No. 15: Aria

37

'When our hearts are overflowing'

4:53

Belmonte

No. 16: Quartet

38

'Ah, Belmonte, ah my dear one!'

2:54

Constanza, Belmonte, Pedrillo, Blonda

39

'And yet within my heart'

2:00

Belmonte, Constanza, Pedrillo, Blonda

40

'I will. Ah, blame me not . . .'

1:35

Belmonte, Pedrillo, Constanza, Blonda

41

'If men mistrust our honour'

4:29

Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo

Act III

No. 17: Aria

42

'Love, only love, can now direct me'

6:36

Belmonte

43

'Ah, Pedrillo! Is everything well?'

0:32

Belmonte, Pedrillo

No. 18: Romance

44

'In Moorish lands a maiden fair'

3:01

Pedrillo, Belmonte

45

'Look,she's opening the window'

1:33

Pedrillo, Belmonte, Blonda, Osmin, Constanza

No. 19: Aria

46

'My triumphant hour's approaching'

3:25

Osmin

47

'What does all this mean?'

3:27

Pasha Selim, Osmin, Constanza, Belmonte

No. 20: Recitative and Duet

48

'What dreadful fate conspires against us'

2:42

49

'You must suffer for my rashness'

3:32

50

'Then my life I gladly offer'

3:02

Belmonte, Constanza

51

'Guards! Bring in the two slaves!'

2:36

Osmin, Pedrillo, Belmonte, Blonda, Pasha Selim, Constanza

No. 21: Vaudeville and Chorus

52

'Your noble mercy passes measure'

2:47

Belmonte, Constanza, Blonda, Pedrillo, Osmin

53

'The nobelman despises vengeance'

1:03

Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo

54

'Pasha Selim, live for ever'

1:22

Chorus

David Kelsey speaking part - Pasha Selim

Mattiwilda Dobbs soprano - Constanza

Jenifer Eddy soprano - Blonda

Nicolai Gedda tenor - Belmonte

John Fryatt tenor - Pedrillo

Noel Mangin bass - Osmin

Yehudi Menuhin

6-15 October & 22 December 1967