Mozart's triumphal progress through Prague
The third part of B’Rock’s notable ode to Mozart is devoted to his triumphal progress through Prague. Mozart had more success in this ‘golden city’ than anywhere else, especially with his opera buffa. It was between Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni that he composed what came to be called the Prague Symphony. The concentrated adagio introduction to the first movement gives a foretaste of the melancholy and dramatic tone of Don Giovanni, the work that the impresario Bondini commissioned from Mozart during his stay in Prague. But these shadows are soon cast out in the brilliant Allegro, which, with its chirruping counterpoint, looks ahead to the overture of Die Zauberflöte, the lyrical Andante and the dazzling ‘presto’ finale with the buffo atmosphere as heard in Figaro. The soprano Sophie Karthäuser offers a suitable response to some of the finest arias from these operas.
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