Cherubini Overture from Medée
Cherubini Aria from Medée
Méhul Symphony No 4 in E
Berlioz La Mort de Cléopâtre for soprano and orchestra
Mozart Symphony No 31 in D, Paris

Enrique Mazzola conductor
Stephanie d’Oustrac mezzo-soprano

Little known he may be now, but Cherubini was highly rated by none other than Beethoven, with the composer regarding him as the greatest of his contemporaries. The Overture and an Aria from his opera Medea, which was championed by Maria Callas, no less, represent him here. Cherubini's contemporary Etienne Méhul is perhaps even less known now but again, was highly regarded in his day. His noble Symphony 4 is performed this evening. The concert is rounded off with Berlioz's tour de force for soprano and Mozart's Paris Symphony.

PRE-CONCERT EVENT
OAE Extras at 5.45pm
Musicologist David Cairns explores the music of Berlioz.

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Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Bernard Labadie conductor
Susan Gritton soprano (Konstanze)
Malin Christensson soprano (Blonde)
Frédéric Antoun tenor (Belmonte)
Tilman Lichdi tenor (Pedrillo)
Tim Mirfin bass (Osmin)
Simon Butteriss narrator

An all-star cast joins the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for this performance of Mozart's light-hearted comic opera, The Abduction from the Seraglio, here in a new version with dialogue replaced by English narration by Simon Butteriss. From its premiere, the opera was one of Mozart's biggest successes, and contains some of the composers most spectacular and virtuosic arias.
Concert performance, with an English narration, sung in German with English surtitles.

PRE-CONCERT EVENT
OAE Extras at 5.45pm
Simon Butteriss talks about his translation and development of the narrative for tonight’s performance.

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