Mozart: The Three Da Ponte Operas

From: Opera News | Date: March 8, 1997| Author: Freeman, John W | Copyright information

MOZART: The Three Do Ponte Operas Borst, Degor, Fournier, Gens, Polverelli; Claessens, Donnelly, Rivenq, Edwards; Grande Ecurie, Malgoire. No libretto& Auvidis/Astree E-8606 (8)

The market does not lack excellent recordings of Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte. What has not been done before, however, is to treat the three works as a kind of Mozartean Ring cycle. To hear the works one after another, with the same basic cast, orchestra and conductor, is to gain new...

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