Opéra national de Paris: The Abduction from the Seraglio (2015)
The virtues of human goodness, tolerance and fidelity in love are all present in Mozart’s Turkish-flavoured singspiel composed in 1782 at the age of just 25. A metaphor for the combat between liberty and all forms of absolutism, Belmonte’s quest to deliver Konstanze from Selim’s yoke resounded throu