Harnoncourt conducts Mozart, The Da Ponte Cycle – Cosí fan tutte

Synopsis

“He was out to create something ‘unheard-of’,” observed conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt beforehand. And true to form: What the conductor had to offer as he commenced his Mozart/ Da Ponte cycle in the Theater an der Wien was something we “had never before heard like this” (Kurier). Nikolaus Harnoncourt, “master” of period performance practice, realized a project that had long been one of his dearest wishes: for the first time, he and his “original-sound orchestra” Concentus Musicus and his personal choice of singers were presenting the complete Mozart/Da Ponte cycle and harvesting the fruits of his Mozart research – an “enthusiastically acclaimed cycle!” (news.at).

Additional Info

• No: A04050030
• Composer: W.A. Mozart
• Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien / Arnold Schönberg Chor
• Artists: Andrè Schuen, Elisabeth Kulman, Mauro Peter, Katija Dragojevic, Mari Eriksmoen, Markus Werba
• Production year: 2014
• Run time: 03:13:00
• Director: Felix Breisach
• Producers: A production of UNITEL and ORF II in cooperation with Theater an der Wien (tbc)
• Format: HDTV 16:9