Mozart x 3

Featuring

Elsa Dreisig
Louis Langrée
Kammerorchester Basel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Composer's Artistic Vision

For Elsa Dreisig, a lyric soprano, Mozart's music is defined by his theatrical genius, where virtuosity is never gratuitous and always reveals the human condition.

Composition History

The three operas Mozart composed with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte — Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte — are highlighted on this album.

Composition History

Mozart's very last opera, La clemenza di Tito, was an opera seria commissioned for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II as King of Bohemia in Prague in September 1791.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Elsa Dreisig believes Mozart was a genius at writing women in their complete dimension, offering some of the most modern female roles in opera.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Elsa Dreisig finds that in Mozart's music, freedom and sincerity go hand in hand, and nothing is off-limits because nothing is written lightly, yet he never takes himself too seriously.

Composition History

Mozart's opera seria, Lucio Silla, premiered in 1772 at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan when the composer was just 16 years old.

Album & Artwork

The album "Mozart x3" is a tribute to the women in Mozart's operas, his dramaturgical genius (through the 3 Da Ponte operas), his respect for tradition (with 3 opere serie), and his enduring modernity.