COSTUMES AND DRAMA!

...for experts and newbies alike

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Program 

"LOVE IS IN THE AIR...

...AND ON THE STAGE!"

Join Mozartissimo for a playful journey 

through 

the many faces of LOVE 

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Le Nozze di Figaro:

...Figaro warns the Count, and any rival, not to toy with him or his beloved, Cherubino teenage's crushes and newly engaged Susanna and Figaro! 

• Overture – wind trio

• Figaro- "Non piu andrai"

• Cherubino - "Voi che sapete"

• Figaro & Susanna - duettino "Cinque, dieci…"

Don Giovanni:

...Leporello, Don Giovanni's long-suffering servant, can't resist bragging to you about his master's conquests across Europe. And just when you think Zerlina hasn't won back her lover's trust, she finds herself swept up in Don Giovanni's seductive's charms! Meanwhile Donna Anna prays for justis hoping to punish the infamous heartbreaker!

• Menuetto – wind trio

• Leporello - "Madamina.."

• Zerlina-aria "Vedrai carino"

• Zerlina & Don Giovanni-duettino "La ci darem la mano"
• Donna Anna-aria "Non mi dir"

• Variazioni for oboe, clarinet and bassoon by L. van Beethoven
  

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Entführung aus dem Serail (Abduction from Seraglio):

...And from the Turkish harem Osmin rages against foolish foreigners who do nothing but ogle woman, while Blonda teaches him that a woman's heart is won with tenderness, not shouting - though their duet proves Osmin didn't get memo! 

• Overture – wind trio

• Osmin-aria "Solche hergelaufne Laffen"

• Blonda - aria "Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln"

• Osmin & Blonda - duet "Ich gehe, doch rate Ich Dir"

Die Zauberflöte (Magic Flute):

...And than there is Papageno, whose desperate search for love finally ends with Papagena, leading a joyful duet, dreaming of their future children

• Overture – wind trio

• Papageno-aria "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"
• Pamina & Papageno-duet "Schnelle Füße, rascher Mut" 

• Pamina-aria "Ach, ich fühl´s, es ist verschwunden"
• Papageno-aria "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" 

• Papageno & Papagena-duet "Pa…Pa…"
  

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Mozart's arias that soothe your soul... and maybe give your funny bone a little tickle.