#NewConcertMc
26 February 2026 @wigmore_hall
Great @IanPageMozart & his @TheMozartists present:
a magnificent #Mozart #Haydn concert:
#Mozart Arias from #LucioSilla #Idomeneo #ClemenzaDiTito;
#Haydn Symphonies34-26!
With MezzoSoprano #MarianneCrebassa!
wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

#MozartCircleAlmanac
#Year1774 #NewAlmanacOfMusic (1774)
#ReviewMc #November2024
In 1774 #Anfossi wrote lesser known opera #LucioSilla on same libretto used by #Mozart 1772/73 & probably this ignited a direct duel that in 1783 #Salieri reheated!
Overture
mozartcircle.porticodoro.com/mzc/reviews/...

Mozart : Lucio Silla : Act 2 "Quando sugl'arsi campi" [Celia] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien · Mozart : Operas Vol.2 [La finta giardiniera, Lucio Silla, Il re pastore, Thamos, Der Schauspieldirektor] · Song · 1990

open.spotify.com/track/2S3H1I... OK so it’s not #DonGiovanni but the barely 15-year old #Mozart ‘s #LucioSilla is definitely worth an outing. The arias are mostly showpieces for the singers. And here’s the incomparable #DawnUpshaw showing how it’s done. #classicalmusic #opera