Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384

Sally Matthews (Konstanze), Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte), Tobias Kehrer (Osmin), Mari Eriksmoen (Blonde), Brenden Gunnell (Pedrillo) & Franck Saurel (Pasha Selim)

The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (conductor) & David McVicar (director)

This [is] the most convincing dramaturgical presentation of the opera in recent times…Kehrer is magnificent as Osmin, Gunnell is lyrical and alert as Pedrillo, and Eriksmoen steers a delicate... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th May 2016
Catalogue No: OABD7204D
Label: Opus Arte
Series: Glyndebourne

Opera

September 2016

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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384

Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, October 2015.
Sally Matthews (Konstanze), Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte), Tobias Kehrer (Osmin), Mari Eriksmoen (Blonde), Brenden Gunnell (Pedrillo) & Franck Saurel (Pasha Selim)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Robin Ticciati (conductor) & David McVicar (director)

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Director David McVicar’s original-period vision for this Mozartian gem allows its genius to speak for itself, offering a ‘mesmerising, sensitive … outstanding’ portrayal of Enlightenment-era fascination with the East that is both ‘exquisitely acted and sung’, featuring a Konstanze and a Belmonte sung with ‘finesse and bravura’ and a ‘sensationally voiced’ Osmin (The Guardian *****). Comic relief in Glyndebourne’s ‘brilliant production’ is provided by ‘beautifully sung live-wire performances’ of Pedrillo and Blonde, and Robin Ticciati leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment through a restored, authentic rendition of the critical score with ‘lovely fizz’ and ‘poignant gravitas’ (The Independent). Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true Surround Sound.

Extra Features: Concept, Craft & Collaboration: The Visual Story and a cast gallery.

Running time: 168 minutes

Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/JP/KO

Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS

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September 2016

This [is] the most convincing dramaturgical presentation of the opera in recent times…Kehrer is magnificent as Osmin, Gunnell is lyrical and alert as Pedrillo, and Eriksmoen steers a delicate path between the amusing and the musically ravishing…the real star is the conductor, Robin Ticciati, whose mercurial energy gives us the most exciting orchestral reading since Solti’s 1987 version

August 2016

The visual aspect is gorgeous, Vicki Mortimer’s set, with its many scene changes, evoking a romantic view of the Orient…in the pit, Robin Ticciati conducts the heroes of the OAE in a fleet account of the score…[Montvidas’s] Belmonte is ardent, impatient and, at the end, utterly chastened…Sally Matthews sings superbly…the servant couple are very well characterised…[Tobias Kehrer] sings so wonderfully…a delight.

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