Distributor: C Major Entertainment / Unitel
Length: 129 min.
16:9 shot in Digital Video 25P / stereo & 5.1 surround sound
© 2006, a production of Unitel, and BFMI in co-production with
Classica, in cooperation with the Salzburg Festival
Opera buffa in two acts K. 430 resp. 424 (1768), fragment
Libretto: author unknown
The Irrfahrten (Odysseys) triology comprises three independent, self-contained performances that are motivically interwoven into a compelling whole through a great variety of references. Various artistic genres – music, theatre, dance and video – are fused into an original form of music theatre that could very well point to the future.The trilogy was conceived by Joachim Schlömer, a noted dancer, choreographer, and director. He sees his project as the "odyssey of an artist from external control to self-determination." (Schlömer).
This concerns not only Mozart himself, but also the artist in general, and, by extension, everyone who has overcome a crisis in his life to achieve his presonal freedom. At the beginning of the trilogy is the twelve-year-old Mozart’s first opera buffa, "La finta semplice" (The Make-Believe Simpleton), a full-length opera with commedia dell’arte-style charac-ters. "The music," says Schlömer, "tells of wanting something – even if the chraracters still don’t really know what they want."
| Conductor Stage director Video director |
Elisabeth Fuchs Thomas Reichert Anaïs & Olivier Spiro |
Rosina Don Cassandro Don Polidoro Giacinta Ninetta Fracasso Simone Auctoriatas |
Malin Hartelius Josef Wagner Matthias Klink Maria Comparato Silvia Moi Jeremy Ovenden Miljenko Turk Marianne Hamre |
Camerata Salzburg
Recording dates: 01.08.| 05.08.| 09.08.2006
Venue: Residenzhof
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