Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail opera to libretto by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner. Directed 2008 by Johan Simons at Het Muziektheater, home of De Nederlandse Opera. Stars Laura Aikin, Edgaras Montvidas, Kurt Rydl, Mojca Erdmann, Michael Smallwood, Steven Van Watermeulen, Oleksandra Lenyshyn, Maartje de Lint, Ian Spencer, Bert Visser, and Goua Robent Grovogui (mute role). Constantinos Carydis conducts the Netherlands Chamber Orchester and the Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera (Chorus Master Brian Fieldhouse). Sets by Bert Neumann, costumes by Nina von Mechow; lighting by Lothar Baumgarte; dramaturgy by Koen Tachelet and Klaus Bertisch; directed for TV by Misjel Vermeiren. Released 2008, disc has 5.0 Dolby TrueHD sound. Grade: C+

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