Sir Charles Mackerras, the conductor on this album, is considered a leading authority on Mozart performance style and practice.
Composition History
Mozart's concert aria 'Bella mia fiamma, addio!' was composed as a gift for the soprano Josefa Dušek and her composer husband František Dušek in Prague.
Performer Biography
Bryn Terfel, the bass-baritone featured in one duet, was also in the production of Le nozze di Figaro where Danielle de Niese made her Met debut.
Recording & Production
This album is a follow-up to Danielle de Niese's previous Handel album.
Compositional Technique
The concert aria 'Bella mia fiamma, addio!' is one of Mozart's most difficult chromatic arias, featuring bold harmonies and sequences of augmented fourths, also known as the 'Devil's Interval'.
Performer Biography
Danielle de Niese made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Barbarina in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at nineteen years old.
Performer Biography
Danielle de Niese, the soprano on this album, joined the Metropolitan Opera's Young Artists Program at age nineteen.
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