Die Entführung aus dem Serail is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's Belmont und Constanze, oder
Announcement for the premiere at the Burgtheater
Mozart around the time of composition
Mozart (at center) attended a performance of his own opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail while visiting Berlin in 1789. Franz Frankenberg performed the role of Osmin, Friedrich Ernst Wilhelm Greibe played Pedrillo.
Autograph manuscript of the beginning of the overture
Caterina Cavalieri
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Caterina Magdalena Giuseppa Cavalieri, born February 19, 1760, and died June 30, 1801 was an Austrian soprano. She was known for moving between her ranges with ease, her chest voice, and her stamina.
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
…Ludwig Fischer, a bass noted for his wide range and skill in leaping over large intervals with ease. Similarly, Mozart wrote of the first Konstanze, Caterina Cavalieri, "I have sacrificed Konstanze's aria a little to the flexible throat of Mlle. Cavalieri." The opera was a huge success. The first two performances…
Cavalieri as Sophie in Die Bergknappen, 1779