For his final opera Mozart delivered a sublimely beautiful score and asophisticated piece of musical theatre that transcends all notions of timeand place.
Excerpt from La clemenza di Tito, Archiv 431 8062.The English Baroque Soloists and The Monteverdi Choir,John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. Anthony Rolfe Johnson,Anne Sofie von Otter, Julia Varady, Sylvia McNair, Catherine Robbin, Cornelius Hauptmann.
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In the face of betrayal by those closest to him, Emperor Tito chooses to forgive rather than punish, becoming the symbol of enlightened leadership for generations to come. Christopher Alden’s production has been universally praised as illuminating the real human emotions at the heart of the opera: “This is an evening of modern music theatre you mustn’t miss.” (Chicago Tribune)
On stage at the Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W., Toronto. Performance time is approximately two hours, 45 minutes including one intermission. Sung in Italian with English SURTITLES™.
Conductor: Daniel Cohen / Derek Bate Director: Christopher Alden Set Designer: Andrew Cavanaugh Holland Costume Designer: Terese Wadden
Tito: Michael Schade Vitellia: Keri Alkema Servilia: Mireille Asselin Sesto: Isabel Leonard Annio: Wallis Giunta Publio: Robert Gleadow
Production from Chicago Opera Theater
Top: (l – r) Wallis Giunta as Annio and Mireille Asselin as Servilia (in shadow), and Michael Schade as Tito in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of La clemenza di Tito, 2013. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2013
Thumbnail: Isabel Leonard as Sesto in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of La clemenza di Tito, 2013. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2013