Bard Music Festival
“Too beautiful”: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio
August 16
2 pm • Preconcert Talk: Larry Wolff
3 pm • Performance: Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director; video projection design by John Horzen; dialogue translation by Rafaël Newman; stage direction by Marco Nisticò
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756–91) (Stephanie, based on Bretzner)
The Abduction from the Seraglio, K384 (1782)
Act 1
Act 2
INTERMISSION
Act 3
Stefano de Peppo • Pasha Selim
Jana McIntyre, soprano • Konstanze
Catherine Creed, soprano • Blondchen, maid of Konstanze
Minghao Liu, tenor • Belmonte
Aaron Blake, tenor • Pedrillo, servant of Belmonte
Harold Wilson, bass-baritone • Osmin, overseer of the Pasha’s country house
Quote attributed to Emperor Joseph II.