UNITEL and CLASSICA present A MOZART GALA from Salzburg PATRICIA PETIBON MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ EKATERINA SIURINA MICHAEL SCHADE THOMAS HAMPSON ANNA NETREBKO RENÉ PAPE DANIEL HARDING A MOZART GALA from Salzburg Patricia Petibon René Pape Daniel Harding Magdalena Kožená Thomas Hampson Ekaterina Siurina Anna Netrebko Michael Schade Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart he most spectacular homage to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his 250th birthday in 2006 was incontestably Conductor Daniel Harding the presentation of all of his operas and operatic Orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker T fragments at the Salzburg Festival, “Mozart22”. Recorded on Soloists Anna Netrebko film (available from Unitel Classica), this monumental project Magdalena Kožená has been preserved for posterity as a benchmark of Mozart Ekaterina Siurina interpretation in the early 21st century. Patricia Petibon Thomas Hampson The “Mozart Gala“ held at the Felsenreitschule on 30 René Pape July 2006, in the first days of the 2006 Salzburg Festival, Michael Schade presents a kind of microcosm of the Mozart festivities, with Directed by Brian Large a selection of arias and orchestral music performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under Daniel Harding and featuring Don Giovanni Overture some of the top vocalists of the 2006 Salzburg Festival. A “Madamina, il catalogo è questo“ (René Pape) sampling of exquisite hors d‘œuvres prepared by the most “Dalla sua pace“ (Michael Schade) outstanding musical chefs! Mitridate, Re di Ponto Internationally celebrated soprano Anna Netrebko lives “Nel grave tormento“ (Patricia Petibon) up to her reputation as a fiery, dramatic diva in her passionate La clemenza di Tito rendition of Elettra‘s aria “D‘Oreste, d‘Aiace” from Idomeneo. “Se all‘impero, amici Dei“ (Michael Schade) Thomas Hampson, one of the greatest baritones of our time, “Parto, ma tu ben mio“ (Magdalena Kožená) burnishes Guglielmo‘s aria “Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo“ from Così fan tutte with his full, rich, mellow tone. Leading Mozart Così fan tutte “Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo“ (Thomas Hampson) tenor Michael Schade appears twice, in arias from Don Idomeneo Overture Giovanni and La clemenza di Tito. “Se il padre perdei“ (Ekaterina Siurina) A particularly bright moment awaits listeners when René “S‘io non moro a questi accenti“ Pape gives a spirited rendition of Leporello‘s „catalogue“ aria (Magdalena Kožená, Ekaterina Siurina) from Don Giovanni. Sopranos Patricia Petibon and Ekaterina D‘Oreste, d‘Aiace“ (Anna Netrebko) Siurina dazzle in arias from Mitridate and Idomeneo, whereby Symphony in D major K. 504 “Prague“ Siurina is joined by mezzo Magdalena Kožená in the duet of Idamante and Ilia, „S‘io non moro a questi accenti,“ from Recorded at the Felsenreitschule Salzburg Idomeneo. Kožená, who was acclaimed for her passionate account of Idamante in the Salzburg Festival production of Total length 93' Idomeneo, also sings an aria of Sesto from La clemenza di A co-production of ORF, Thirteen/WNET New York, Tito. The Vienna Philharmonic, which adds orchestral accents NHK and Unitel Classica with the overtures to Don Giovanni and Idomeneo, concludes in co-operation with Salzburg Festival the program with Mozart‘s Prague Symphony K. 504. shot in HDTV 1080 Cat. no. A04500459000 WORLD SALES: C Major Entertainment · Elmar Kruse & Nadja Joost All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories +49-(0)3030306464 · [email protected] Photo front cover: © Clärchen und Matthias Baus.