Sophie Karthäuser
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Sophie Karthäuser is a Belgian operatic soprano. She has performed internationally, especially in roles by Mozart such as Ilia in Idomeneo and Pamina in The Magic Flute. She is also a recitalist, perf
Karthäuser in 2008
The Creation (Haydn)
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The Creation is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn, and considered by many to be his masterpiece. The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as narrated in the Boo
Sophie Karthäuser
…Haydn's Il ritorno di Tobia, Cappella Coloniensis, Naxos Records Haydn's Die Schöpfung, Les Arts florissants & William Christie, Virgin Classics Complete set of songs for soprano and piano by Mozart, Cypres records…
From Europe a Prophecy, by William Blake
Portrait of Joseph Haydn by Johann Carl Rößler (1799)
Haydn lived in this large house, then in the suburbs of Vienna, while composing The Creation. It is now a Haydn museum.
Old Burgtheater, site of the 1799 public premiere in Vienna