About the opera
- Run time: 3hrs 00min, 1 intermission
- Sung in: German
- Subtitles: English, German and other languages
- Opera house: Vienna State Opera
Mozart’s sparkling comedy about a young Spanish nobleman and his faithful servant breaking into a Turkish harem and freeing their fiancées is among the most popular operas of all time. Jessica Pratt is Constanze, the steadfast young woman kept prisoner in the harem of Pasha Selim. Sebastian Kohlhepp is her fiancé, Belmonte, who comes to her rescue, much to the irritation of Osmin (Antonio Di Matteo), the Pasha’s overseer. Serena Sáenz is Constanze’s pert English maid, Blonde, and Michael Laurenz sings her beloved, Pedrillo.
Ticket information
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Vienna State Opera
Opernring 2, 1010 Vienna, Google Maps
How to get there:
Subway: U1, U2, U4 to Karlsplatz
Trams: 1, 2, D, 62, 71 to Opernring
Music and Libretto
The son of a Salzburg court musician, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) showed prodigious ability from his earliest years. The young Mozart spent much of his childhood touring Europe with his father, performing before nobility. He went on to compose in all musical genres of his day and excelled in every one. Mozart's operas in particular represent the peak of his genius and remain unsurpassed in terms of beauty, vocal challenge and dramatic insight.
The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie (1741 –1800), based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's Belmont und Constanze, oder Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
Conductor Cornelius Meister
Bassa Selim Christian Nickel
Konstanze Jessica Pratt
Konstanze – Schauspielerin Emanuela von Frankenberg
Blonde Serena Sáenz
Blonde – Schauspielerin Stella Roberts
Osmin Antonio Di Matteo
Osmin – Schauspieler Andreas Grötzinger
Belmonte Sebastian Kohlhepp
Belmonte – Schauspieler Christian Natter
Pedrillo Michael Laurenz
Pedrillo – Schauspieler Ludwig Blochberger
