WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791): La Clemenza di Tito (Vienna version 1804 with new arias by Joseph Weigl [1766-1846] and Simon Mayr [1763-1845]).

Description: Another “modernization” like last December’s Les Mystères de Isis (Die Zauberflöte), this time with two new arias for Tito and a new duet for Tito and Sesto provided to take the fusty opera seria edge off Mozart’s final opera for a new audience in early 19th century Vienna. It became Mozart’s most popular opera in Europe in this version. 2 CDs. Italian-German libretto. Nina Bernsteiner (soprano), Kate Aldrich, Ann-Beth Solvang (mezzos), Carlo Allemano (tenor), Chorus and Orchestra of the Academia Montis Regalis; Alessandro De Marchi.