Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus den Serail Archive

MOZART: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (comp. opera), Blu-ray (2015)

by Audiophile Audition | Aug 30, 2016 | DVD & Blu-ray Video Reviews

A setting according to Mozart’s original intentions? What heresy! MOZART: Die Entfuhrung aus den Serail [The Abduction from the Seraglio] (complete opera), Blu-ray (2015) Performers: Sally Matthews (Konstanze)/ Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte)/ Tobias Kehrer (Osmin)/ Mari Eriksmoen (Blonde)/ Brenden Gunnell (Pedrillo)/ Franck Saurel (Pasha Selim)/ The Glyndebourne Chorus/ Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment/ Robin Ticciati Producer: George Bruell Director: David McVicar Studio: Opus Arte Glyndebourne OABD7204D [Distr. by Naxos] Video: 1080i HD, 16:9 for widescreen, color Audio: PCM 2.1, DTS-HD MA 5.1 Subtitles: German, English, French, Japanese, Korean No region code Extras: Concept, Craft & Collaboration: The Visual Story and a cast gallery (12 min.) Length: 168 min. Rating: ***** I must confess to being washed with refreshment at seeing an Entfuhrung staged at the actual time Mozart indicated—what a concept! It makes most of the modern stagings seem rather simplistic and silly, which of course is what most of them are! This idea that times and dates must be updated to speak to confused and stupid modern mankind is hopefully becoming passé, returning the brilliance and importance of Mozart’s message back to his original concept. After all, Entfuhrung is not actually intended to give a “realistic” account of Muslim Turkey, and even […]