I'm listening to #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's last & greatest #opera #DieZauberflöte being broadcast live from the Met & one of the most truly magical moments in "The Magic Flute" comes at the end of the first act quintet:
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April 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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#Idomeneo is being broadcast from Munich on WQXR now
with Andrew Staples & Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's #opera; here's "Zeffiretti lusinghieri":
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with Andrew Staples & Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's #opera; here's "Zeffiretti lusinghieri":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDya...
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August 24, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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#DieZauberflöte premiered in Vienna #OnThisDay in 1791; #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's last #opera is arguably his greatest; this is a delightful 2001 Opéra de Paris production of "The Magic Flute"; die Königin der Nacht, sie kommt~!
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October 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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I'm listening to #Idomeneo being broadcast from Munich; in the aria "Fuor del mar" (Out of the sea), #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's Cretan king expresses regret for having violated his vow to the god #Neptune:
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August 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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#Idomeneo premiered at the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich #OnThisDay in 1781; #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's #opera seria never really comes fully alive, but it has beautiful moments, such as "Zeffiretti lunsinghieri":
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January 29, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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#CosìFanTutte premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna #OnThisDay in 1790; #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's #opera has some of the greatest #music he ever wrote; here's the sextet "Alla bella despinetta" from Jean-Pierre Ponelle's 1988 film:
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January 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Emanuele Conegliano was born #OnThisDay in 1749, known as #LorenzoDaPonte & remembered today for writing the libretti for three of #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's four greatest operas; this is "Soave sia il vento," the divine trio from "Così"
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March 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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I woke up from a dream four years ago today (10.27.21) in which someone was singing "Una bella serenata" from #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's #CosìFanTutte; here's Luis Lima, Ferruccio Furlanetto & Paolo Montarsolo singing the trio in the 1988 Jean-Pierre Ponnelle film:
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October 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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#CosìFanTutte premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna #OnThisDay in 1790; #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's #opera has some of the greatest #music he ever wrote; here's the quintet "Di scrivermi ogni giorno" — a touchstone of his genius:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Yu...
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January 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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#LeNozzeDiFigaro premiered in Vienna #OnThisDay in 1786; #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's first great opera was the first never to leave the stage — the foundation of today's operatic repertoire; here's the final scene:
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May 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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#CosìFanTutte premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna #OnThisDay in 1790; #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's #opera has some of the greatest #music he ever wrote; here's the sextet "Alla bella despinetta" from Jean-Pierre Ponelle's 1988 film:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4lk...
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January 27, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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#CosìFanTutte will be broadcast live from LA Opera at 1 p.m. EDT today with Erica Petrocelli (Fiordiligi), Rihab Chaieb (Dorabella) & Anthony León (Ferrando), James Conlon conducting #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's most underrated #opera:
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October 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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🎶 #OTD in #Music #History 16 July 1782, #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's three-act #opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna. The German libretto was by Gottlieb Stephanie. #Mozart conducted.
▶️ youtu.be/iYOTeHL14uQ
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July 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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#Idomeneo premiered at the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich #OnThisDay in 1781; one of the high points of #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's #opera seria is "Zeffiretti lunsinghieri," sung here by Nadine Sierra:
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January 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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I gathered with friends (including @jeanhalley.bsky.social) at the fountain in Lincoln Center on Saturday afternoon before we went into the Met for #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's #opera #DonGiovanni (10.25.25)
October 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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I woke up from a dream this morning in which I said the word 'Zauberflöte' & explained that it meant 'magic flute'; here's video of a complete production of #DieZauberflöte — #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's last & greatest #opera:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE64...
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April 11, 2024 at 3:53 AM
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#DieZauberflöte premiered in Vienna on this day in 1791 & #IngmarBergman filmed a production of #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's last #opera; here's Bergman's #Trollflöjten:
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October 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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I'm sipping #zhūchá (gunpowder green tea) #珠茶 in a handprinted mug a friend says is from #Włocławek in #Poland while listening to #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's last #opera #DieZauberflöte broadcast live from the Met... #Polska #polski
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April 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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#CeciliaBartoli was born in Rome on this day in 1966, becoming one of the great coloratura mezzos of our day; here she is singing "Voi che sapete" from #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's first great #opera, "Le Nozze di Figaro":
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June 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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#LeNozzeDiFigaro premiered in Vienna #OnThisDay in 1786; #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's first great #opera was the first never to leave the stage — the foundation of today's operatic repertoire; here's the sextet:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zfE...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Throwback Thursday: I discovered #opera through #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's "Don Giovanni" & then "Così Fan tutte" & "Die Zauberflöte"; this is a wonderful "Magic Flute" from the Opéra Nationale de Paris:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE64...
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March 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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#LeNozzeDiFigaro premiered in Vienna #OnThisDay in 1786; #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's first great #opera was the first never to leave the stage & the foundation of today's operatic repertoire; here's the sextet, a touchstone of his genius:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zfE...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mar...
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May 1, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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I'm ending #ValentinesDay2024 with Detlef Roth & Gaële Le Roi singing the Papagena/Papageno duet from #DieZauberflöte at the #Opéra de Paris in 2001 — some of #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's most delightful & infectious #LoveMusic:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87UE...
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February 15, 2024 at 6:34 AM
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Emanuele Conegliano was born #OnThisDay in 1749, known as #LorenzoDaPonte & remembered today for writing the libretti for three of #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's four greatest operas; this is "Soave sia il vento" from "#CosìFanTutte":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBXy...
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March 10, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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#KarlBöhm was born in Graz on this day in 1894; who has conducted #WolfgangAmadeusMozart's #music better than Böhm...? Here's Vaclav Kaslik's 1969 film of the
#opera #CosìFanTutte with Böhm conducting; così fanno tutte le donne~!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDqF...
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#opera #CosìFanTutte with Böhm conducting; così fanno tutte le donne~!
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August 29, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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