Opera: Zaide

Orchestral Concert

Program

W.A. MOZART Zaide, Singspiel in two acts, K344
Text and Staged version by Brian Michaels following the original Libretto by Andreas Schachtner

In 1778, after Emperor Joseph II commissioned Mozart to write a comic opera for his newly formed opera company, the composer began work on a “rescue opera” entitled Zaide, the story of a young woman’s attempt to rescue her beloved from pirates. Mozart, however, never finished the opera. But, now, over 200 years later, opera lovers will have a chance to experience what Zaide might have become when Musica Angelica presents a newly envisioned, completed version of Zaide.

The duration of this concert is approximately 2 hours in length, with intermission.

30 minutes before each program:  Pre-concert lecture by Rachael Worby