Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Also known as
  • The Abduction from the Seraglio,
  • Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (K. 384; in English The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is an opera Singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner with adaptations by Gottlieb Stephanie. The plot concerns the attempt of the hero Belmonte, assisted by his servant Pedrillo, to rescue his beloved Konstanze from the seraglio of the Pasha Selim. The company that first sponsored the opera was the Nationalsingspiel ("national Singspiel"), a pet project (1778-1783) of the Austrian emperor Joseph II. The Emperor had set up the company to perform works in the German language (Italian opera was already popular in Vienna). This project was ultimately given up as a failure, but along the way it produced a number of successes, mostly a series of translated works. Mozart's opera emerged as its outstanding original success. The inspector of the Nationalsingspiel was Gottlieb Stephanie. When the 25-year-old Mozart... full article at wikipedia
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