Mozart’s noble drama of forgiveness — live at Teatro La Fenice. The season‑opening production at La Fenice brings Mozart’s final opera seria to Venice: a taut Roman intrigue transformed by music of humanity and grace.
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Performance Details
- Venue: Teatro La Fenice, Venice
- Language: Italian
- Surtitles: Italian & English
- Duration: approx. 2 h 45 min
- Doors open: 45 minutes before the performance
- Latecomers: seated at the first suitable break/interval
About the Opera
Composed for the 1791 coronation festivities of Emperor Leopold II in Prague, Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito (K.621) revisits Metastasio’s classic libretto in Caterino Mazzolà’s streamlined version. The result is an opera seria of unusual warmth: a ruler tested by betrayal who chooses mercy over vengeance.
The Story
In ancient Rome, Vitellia — daughter of a deposed emperor — urges Tito’s friend Sesto to assassinate the merciful Emperor. A plot of arson and treachery ensues; Sesto wavers between love and duty, then confesses. In the final scene, Tito rejects cruelty and pardons all, affirming clemency as the highest virtue of power.
The Music
Mozart balances noble arias with vivid ensembles and choruses. The score highlights clarinet and basset‑clarinet color (Sesto’s “Parto, parto”), luminous woodwinds for Servilia and Annio, and a radiant final chorus that crowns the work’s theme of forgiveness. Dignity and tenderness sit side by side, making Tito one of Mozart’s most humane stage works.
The Creators
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Pietro Metastasio. World premiere: Estates Theatre, Prague — 6 September 1791.
Make the most of your evening in Venice
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