Premiere of Mozart's opera So Do They All
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Premiere of Mozart's opera "So Do They All" at the Stara Zagora Opera House
On 14 April at 19.00 on the stage of the Stara Zagora Opera will be held the premiere of Mozart's masterpiece "So do all". In the year of Mozart, when the world music community celebrates the 260th anniversary of the birth of the genius Austrian composer, "So Do They All" is the second Mozart title to grace the poster of the Stara Zagora Opera. The premiere performances, on April 14 and 16, will be conducted by Ivaylo Krinchev. The director of the production is Alexander Tekeliev, set design is by Ivan Popov, stage sculpture by Romina Slavova. Starring Desi Stefanova, Nona Krstnikova-guest, Elena Baramova, Emilia Djurova, Ioana Kadijiska-guest, Valery Turmanov, Ivan Kabamitov, Ivaylo Yovchev, Nikolay Motov-guest, Yanitsa Nesheva, Nadezhda Kondaklieva-guest, Evgeniy Arabadzhiev, Kostadin Mechkov-guest, orchestra, choir and ballet of the State Opera-Stara Zagora .
"Thus Do They All is the last of the three operas resulting from the fruitful collaboration between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. As with The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, Mozart's and Da Ponte's intentions for this work were to elevate comic opera to an entirely different level. "Thus Do All was commissioned by the Habsburg Emperor Joseph II. The libretto is by Lorenzo da Ponte and its composition was originally commissioned to Antonio Salieri. However, he only composed the music for part of the first act, after which he stopped work and Mozart took over.
The librettist and composer developed the theme of the seduction of betrothed, popular since the 13th century, also present in Boccaccio's Decameron and Shakespeare's play Cymbeline. Elements are also borrowed from the myth of Procris, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and wife of the hunter Cephalus, who failed the test of fidelity.
First performed on 26 January 1790 at Vienna's Toizes Nationaltheater (Imperial Theatre), today called the Burgtheater (National Theatre of Austria), Thus Do All enjoyed modest success at first despite the important place it now occupies in the operatic repertoire. The first series of performances was in fact abruptly discontinued due to the death of Joseph II after only five performances. It was performed again on stage in Vienna a few months later, but only five more times before Mozart's sudden death in 1791.
Throughout much of the 19th century, the opera Everybody Does It This Way continued to suffer the consequences of bad fortune. Considered provocative and bawdy, the opera was rarely performed, and when it was staged, it was subjected to significant alterations to make it acceptable to the tastes of the age. Fortunately, today all theatres around the world pay tribute to Mozart and Da Ponte's original concept.
"Everybody Does That is the story of two young soldiers who, convinced that the women they adore will never cheat on them, accept a dangerous bet. After lying about going off to war, they both return disguised and each tries to seduce his friend's lover. If at first the two young women resist the charms of the two "foreigners," they eventually fall in love. It is not until the end of the opera that the soldiers reveal their true identities and the four characters make a decision that will likely change their lives.
Despite the obvious dislike of women in the original title Così fan tutte, which could be translated as "So do they all (women)", the subtitle added by Mozart and Da Ponte La scuola degli amanti ("School for lovers") seems to better express the authors' intentions. More than a critique aimed solely at the behaviour of women, and despite its gushing humour, this opera is, according to the critics, a story about the trials and vicissitudes of love. Mozart's music becomes progressively more complex as the play progresses and the obstacles the characters face become more difficult.
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