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LA FINTA GIARDINIERA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LA FINTA GIARDINIERA
2006

Soloists: 
Eva Mei, Isabel Rey, Rudolf Schasching
Orchestra, Chorus: 
Orchester ''La Scintilla'' der Oper Zürich
Conductor: 
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Director: 
Tobias Moretti

Nikolaus Harnoncourt presents his reading of “La Finta giardiniera”, a long-forgotten wonderfully tragicomic opera by the young Mozart. Almost a quarter of a century ago Harnoncourt presented his reading of the rediscovered work on CD, but in this version from the Zurich Opera, the great Mozart magician conducted a staged production for the first time, making the premiere an event in itself. The Zurich Opera gathered a star studded cast for this production: Italian soprano Eva Mei, Spanish soprano Isabel Rey, Romanian mezzo Liliana Nikiteanu and Austrian tenor Rudolf Schasching. Tobias Moretti, a popular Austrian actor with a musical background presented this, his second opera staging, to high praise from audience and critics alike. He sees this opera about mistaken identities and true love within a hierarchical order as a play on societal conditions at the onset of the enlightenment.
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