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  Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Abduction from the Seraglio (K. 384; in German Die Entführung aus dem Serail) is a comic opera in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The plot concerns the attempt of the hero Belmonte, assisted by his servant Pedrillo, to rescue his beloved Konstanze from the seraglio of the Pasha Selim.
The opera was first produced at the command of the Austrian emperor Joseph II on July 16, 1782 at the Burgtheater in Vienna.
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 The Abduction of Figaro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Abduction of Figaro, described as "A Simply Grand Opera by P.
It is a parody of opera in general, but is itself a significant musical accomplishment.
The title (and, indeed, much of the plot) is a play on two operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : The Abduction from the Seraglio and The Marriage of Figaro.
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 Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Program Notes November 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio received its premiere in Vienna on July 12, 1782.
The Overture to The Abduction is a lively piece, which begins with a C-major Presto full of sounds the Viennese associated with Turkish music: piccolo flutes, triangle, cymbals, and bass drums.
The middle section of the overture resembles the melody of the opera's first aria, though here it is in the minor mode and when sung it is in the major.
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 San Diego CityBEAT
The Abduction from the Seraglio and Therese Raquin are locals operas singing against the grain
Natker says that Pasha’s threat of force in Act II is only a contrivance to give the soprano an excuse to sing her fiery, torture-will-get-you-nowhere aria, “Marten aller Arten.” In the face of such devotion, the Pasha releases his prisoners.
Abduction from the Seraglio runs through April 6 at the Lyric Opera San Diego.
www.sdcitybeat.com /article.php?id=707   (963 words)

  
 CENTERSTAGE ARTICLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mozart's original Abduction From the Seraglio relates the tale of a noblewoman abducted into a Turkish harem by a pirate.
Mozart wrote the music for Gottlieb Stephanie's libretto Abduction From the Seraglio ( Die Entführung aus dem Serail or Escape from the Harem) after moving to Vienna in 1781.
Mozart, in turn, composed the music for Abduction true to the conventions of "singspiel" (sing-speak) — the action is related through spoken dialogue, while the arias and duets express the emotions of the characters without furthering the plot.
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 Texas Law Review Archives - Volume 42
Jeanne L. Schroeder, Abduction from the Seraglio: Feminist Methodologies and the Logic of Imagination, 70 TEXAS L. Abstract:
The author argues that much feminist jurisprudential writing to date might be seen as an attempt to escape one masculinist set of theories by utilizing another form masculinist jurisprudence and seeks to introduce a different voice for feminism.
The author notes that two general categories of errors have arisen in examining legal scholarship: first is the general tendency to identify certain legal theories as inherently and irreconcilably feminine or masculine, and second is the tendency for feminists to ignore the writing of male philosophers who have struggled with many of the same issues.
www.utexas.edu /law/journals/tlr/abstracts/Volume%2070/Schroeder.htm   (111 words)

  
 Home page for the Fine Art & Music Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Abduction from the Seraglio; opera in three acts.
Abduction from the Seraglio; a comic opera in 3 acts.
Abduction from the Seraglio; a comic opera in three acts.
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 OperaWorld.com's Opera Insights: The Abduction From The Seraglio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
After she leaves to return to the seraglio (the part of an Asian palace where the women of the house live), Pedrillo introduces Belmonte to the Pasha as a visiting architect.
The young women forgive them for their doubts, and the rescue is scheduled for that night.
The Abduction from the Seraglio is an example of the German Singspiel, a form in which all the dialogue is spoken rather than sung.
www.operaworld.com /special/serag1.shtml   (805 words)

  
 Mozart's Other Masonic Opera
Before addressing The Abduction, it is worthwhile looking at The Magic Flute again, for its customary analysis shows how the obvious and facile can obscure the more interesting and challenging aspects of a work.
The libretto of The Abduction From the Seraglio was written by Gottlieb Stefanie the Younger.
Nevertheless, the internal symbolism we shall examine is convincing evidence of the linkage of The Abduction to the lessons of the Master Mason's degree.
www.edmond-mason.org /education/Mozart.html   (2314 words)

  
 Opera World, Enhancing the Enjoyment of Opera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mozart's superb comedy The Abduction from the Seraglio is one of the oldest German operas in the standard repertoire, remarkable for its exquisite, challenging music and for its ingenious characterizations.
Act I of Abduction takes us to the Turkish palace of Pasha Selim ("Pasha" was a title of rank in the Ottoman Empire), where Belmont has come looking for his shipwrecked fiancée Constanze, who is among those being held captive there.
We'll examine the brilliant musical characterizations of the earnest Belmont, his timid but clever servant Pedrillo, the high-minded Constanze, her saucy English maid Blonde, and the menacing but buffoonish palace guard Osmin.
www.operaworld.com /prompter/courses/serag.shtml   (491 words)

  
 Classical Net Review - Mozart - The Abduction from the Seraglio
Also, the use of the vernacular intensifies the contextual oddness of Gedda's Swedish accent and Dobbs's studied English (she is trying not to sound like an American); remember, these are Spaniards in Turkey.
This Abduction is a mixed bag, but I won't say I didn't enjoy the trip down Memory Lane.
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 The Abduction from the Seraglio
She defies him, and finds her strength in knowing that she would rather die than be untrue to herself or to her Belmonte.
Pedrillo has concocted a plan so that he and Belmonte may capture the women and escape from the Seraglio.
Whne Blonde enters, he tells her the great news of Belmonte's arrival, and that they will all escape at midnight.
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 Overture to the Abuduction from the Seraglio Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Overture to the Abducation from the Seraglio comes from the opera that was probably Mozart's most popular during his lifetime.
The opera itself has some of the most brilliant and demanding music Mozart ever wrote and the overture is no exception.
Overture to Seraglio can be found under Flute Choir.
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 Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Mozart: Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) -- Stuttgart/Zagrosek [1998]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mozart's first operatic hit Die Enfuhrung aus dem Serial ("The abduction from the seraglio") was a singspiel, a forerunner of the musical comedy with spoken dialogue between the musical numbers.
The aristocratic Konstanze, who has been abducted and imprisoned under him, and her intended Belmonte are in fashionable fl, while their two servants are the object of much merriment.
His entry with his retinue walking toward the audience on a raised platform holding stakes topped out with severed heads is a riveting piece of theatre.
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Mozart's Abduction From the Seraglio, his first real operatic smash, plays on one of the hoariest of opera plots: maiden, captured by tyrant, rescued by heroic truelove.
This version originated last year at Houston's Cullen Theater; by an interesting coincidence, that small Houston theater was inaugurated in 1987 by the same opera.
It was set that time on a Hollywood sound stage during the filming of — you guessed it — something called Abduction From the Seraglio.
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 Amazon.com: DVD: Mozart - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) / Bohm, Gruberova, Grist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
There is an excellent recording of Abduction from La Scala with Devia, Lippert, Moll from 1994, in which the interchange between Belmonte and Pedrillio is so charged with emotion and excitement and sexuality, and is so undeniably authentically German, that it pours life into every moment they are onstage.
And there is no worse insult that I can give an Abduction performance than that: the Belmonte and Pedrillo rob the opera of its magic by being as inauthentic and improperly typecast as possible.
In his times, the Seraglio and its location was deemed to be highly intriguing and a topic of great interest for Austrians.
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 The Abduction from the Seraglio in Full Score   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail --the Abduction from the Seraglio-- was one of Mozart's first operatic hits, and received performances all over Europe, even if the emperor did think it contained too many notes.
Too many tenors is closer to the mark (the male roles include two tenors, one bass, and one character who only speaks), but this singspiel is a bright and bubbly work, endearing in its comic scenes and impressive in its serious moments.
Exactingly reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf and Härtel edition, this superb full-score edition offers music lovers a rare opportunity to study and follow performances of this great comic opera, one of the most engaging and least pretentious masterpieces in the repertory.
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 KDHX Theatre Review - The Abduction from the Seraglio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A noble maiden (soprano) sold into the Pasha's harem, a romantic tenor to the rescue, a comic villain (basso) to be foiled, and the requisite sub-plot of romance between the servants makes Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio a merry romp indeed, with plenty of gorgeous music to satisfy the most ardent of opera goers.
Such passages are as integral to the work as anything in the libretto; they have an emotional content-often even a plot content-and a director must use them to further the development of plot or character.
So Opera Theatre's current production of Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio has some significant failings, but nevertheless it's full of fun and beautiful music, and is well worth your while.
www.kdhx.org /reviews/abduction_from_the_serag.html   (686 words)

  
 SoundStage! Mozart - The Abduction from the Seraglio
Here we have yet another recording of Mozart’s The Abduction From The Seraglio -- this time by Sir Charles Mackerras and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus on Telarc.
Most readers will already be familiar with Abduction 's plot: Belmonte has traveled to Turkey to rescue his fiancé Constanza, her maid Blonda, and his servant Pedrillo who were captured by pirates and sold into slavery.
The Abduction From The Seraglio was Mozart’s second opera (his first being Idomeneo in 1780) and one of the first things he wrote on moving to Vienna in 1781 at the age of 25.
www.sstage.com /music/reviews/rev337.htm   (639 words)

  
 The Abduction From the Seraglio Movie: The Abduction From the Seraglio DVD is available from Bestprices.com
The Abduction From the Seraglio Movie: The Abduction From the Seraglio DVD is available from Bestprices.com
Mozart's ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO gets a new production in Florence at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence.
This 2002 staging was conducted by the celebrated Zubin Mehta, who led the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
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 Pictures Catalogue - McMurdo, Don, 1930-2001. Portrait of Amanda Thane in The abduction from the seraglio, the ...
Portrait of Amanda Thane in The abduction from the seraglio, the Australian Opera, 1985 [picture] / - fullindex.htm test
Portrait of Amanda Thane in The abduction from the seraglio, the Australian Opera, 1985 [picture] / Don McMurdo.
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 Opera struggles unnecessarily with 'Abduction'
Mozart's "Abduction From the Seraglio," a tuneful comedy with some serious undertones, isn't generally considered a "problem" piece.
Wadsworth, to his everlasting credit, has resisted any temptations to gloss the drama with reference to the contemporary struggle between Islam and the West (there are operas that resonate with that struggle, but "Abduction" isn't one).
THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: San Francisco Opera performs Mozart's opera six more times through Nov. 2 at the War Memorial Opera House.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/10/17/DD231666.DTL   (846 words)

  
 Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Die (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
Entführung aus dem Serail, Die (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
Belmonte, with Pedrillo’s help, plans to abduct Konstanze from the seraglio, but they are caught, much to Osmin's delight.
Blonde too has her own moments, particularly in the scenes in which she repulses and teases Osmin, one of the great comic characters of opera.
www.hnh.com /NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Entfuhrung_aus_dem_Serail_Die(The_Abduction_from_the_Seraglio).htm   (323 words)

  
 Opera Colorado > Operas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Opera Colorado's The Abduction from the Seraglio is a co-production with Houston Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera Pacific, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
Opera Colorado's inaugural season at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House ends on a high note with four performances of Mozart's romantic comedy The Abduction from the Seraglio.
In a much praised re-setting, stage director James Robinson moves the action from 18th-century Turkey to the 1920's and the famed Simplon Orient Express.
www.operacolorado.org /operas/traviata.aspx?pageID=92&operaID=2   (223 words)

  
 Abduction From Seraglio, Overture Sheet Music 0!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 Classical Voice Review - Southern California, January 2003
Opera Pacific - Abduction from the Seraglio, 1/25
I am thinking the scene in Act III, in which Pedrillo lulls the Turkish guards to sleep with his ukulele, while Belmonte steals in and out of the other compartment in preparation for their escape.
The staging of Abduction is a timely one, in light of the current tensions between the Christian and the Muslim worlds.
www.classicalvoice.org /articles/RV_socal01_2003.htm   (1070 words)

  
 Moviefone: The Abduction from the Seraglio Movie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The story of a young Spanish nobleman who seeks to rescue his lover from her imprisonment by a...
The NY Times review of The Abduction from the Seraglio, a Harry Kupfer, Peter Wood film starring and.
The NY Times review of The Abduction from the Seraglio, a film starring and.
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 Popular Music : Gardiner - Mozart Opera Highlights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Idomenico, Re Di Creta: Ov The Abduction From The Seraglio: Act I: No.4 Recitative and Aria (Belmonte): 'Konstanze, dich....
The Abduction From The Seraglio: Act I: No.5b Chorus of Janissaries: 'Singt dem grossen...
The Abduction From The Seraglio: Act III: No.21a Finale.
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 Aspen Music Festival (IV) Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Arnold Östman, conductor; Aspen Opera Theatre, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Aspen Music Festival (IV) Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Arnold Östman, conductor; Aspen Opera Theatre, Wheeler Opera House, July 21, 2004 (HS)
Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Arnold Östman, conductor; Aspen Opera Theatre, Wheeler Opera House, July 21, 2004 (HS)
No one expects the voices to be world class at the Aspen Music Festival's student opera performances.
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