Description
W.A. Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail /
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- Product Dimensions : 5.39 x 0.67 x 7.64 inches; 4.16 Ounces
- Director : Georg Wübbolt
- Run time : 1 hour and 55 minutes
- Release date : April 21, 2017
- Actors : Peter Stanchina, Ernst Haefliger, Maria Stader, Rita Streich, Martin Vantin
- Language : German (Mono), French (Mono), English (Mono)
- Studio : CASCADE
- Country of Origin : France
- Number of discs : 1
W.A Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio with the Salzburg Marionette Theatre.
Die Entführung aus dem Serail - The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio is an opera Singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's Belmont und Constanze, oder Die Entführung aus dem Serail. The plot concerns the attempt of the hero Belmonte, assisted by his servant Pedrillo, to rescue his beloved Konstanze from the seraglio of Pasha Selim. The work premiered on 16 July 1782 at the Vienna Burgtheater, with the composer conducting.
The company that first sponsored the opera was the Nationalsingspiel ("national Singspiel"), a pet project (1778–1783) of the Austrian emperor Joseph II. The Emperor had set up the company to perform works in the German language (as opposed to the Italian opera style widely popular in Vienna). This project was ultimately given up as a failure, but along the way it produced a number of successes, mostly a series of translated works. Mozart's opera emerged as its outstanding original success.