Mozart Night – Tribute to Maria Callas
Closing Gala of the 32. Mozart Festival in Warsaw
Arnold Szyfman Polish Theatre
Tomasz Cyz – director
Katarzyna Łuszczyk – lighting director
Monika Stolarska – video
CAST:
Joanna Moskowicz – Konstanze
Ana Naqe – Elettra, Medea
Natalia Rubiś – Donna Elvira
Gabriela Legun – Donna Anna
Dorota Szczepańska – Zerlina, Susanna
Ewa Tracz – The Countess
Actors:
Tomasz Nosiński, Maria Dębska
The event will be hosted by:
Alicja Węgorzewska, Jerzy Snakowski
Musicians of Ancient Instruments Ensemble of Warsaw Chamber Opera
Musicae Antique Collegium Varsoviense
Conductor
Marcin Sompoliński
In programme:
Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
The Abduction from the seraglio
Ouverture
Singt dem grossen Bassa lieder
Ach ich liebte
Durch Zärtlichkeit
Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose
The Marriage of Figaro
Porgi amor
Ricevete, o padroncina
Don Giovanni
Ah! chi mi dice mai
Vedrai, carino
Or sai chi l’onore
Ah fuggi il traditor
Idomeneo
D’Oreste, d’Ajace
Placido è il mar, andiamo
PAUSE
The Marriage of Figaro
Ouverture
Che soave zeffiretto
Deh vieni non tardar
Dove sono i biei momenti
Don Giovanni
Non mi dir
Mi tradì quell’alma ingrata
The Magic Flute
O Isis und Osiris
Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
Luigi Cherubini Medea
Taci Giason? De tuoi figli la madre
The Abduction from the seraglio
FINALE: Martern aller Arten
Mozart Night_ tribute to MARIA CALLAS focuses on Mozart’s repertoire performed by Maria Callas. In April 1952, Callas four times – the only time on stage in Mozart’s repertoire – performed Konstanze from The Abduction from the Seraglio (La Scala). In the middle of the 60s, she recorded an album with Mozart arias (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, The Countess), and it is certain that she also recorded the aria of the Queen of the Night Der Hölle Rache (from The Magic Flute).
Mozart Night_ tribute to MARIA CALLAS is a tribute to femininity that is changeable and cosmic. It’s a tribute to the greatest operatic icon of the 20th century. The costume reference is the 1960s, all female characters are made up (hairstyle, make-up) as Maria Callas. The main driving force of the plot are excerpts from The Abduction from the Seraglio (it is worth remembering that it’s Mozart’s most frequently staged opera during his lifetime, which was premiered in Warsaw less than a year after its premiere in Vienna: 8 May 1783), as well as from Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro. At the climax, we will leave Mozart’s world for a moment to recall one of the most important incarnations of Callas: Medea (Cherubini’s opera, Pasolini’s film).