Opera - The Abduction from the Seraglio
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