La Clemenza di Tito-Act I Final-Quintet and Chorus

[OlDoinyo]

Fine singing AND acting, and the scenery is well-done by stage standards. I'm a little unsure about the costumes, though--what are they supposed to be? Definitely not Roman.

[cantanteporsiempre]

woo la escenografía esta hermosa. La Troyanos, que Dios la tenga en la gloria. El elenco es perfecto.

[grig035]

As both a New Yorker and a hopeless opera lover, I find it painful to watch this particular staging and the way in which the principals stand around at the curtain in hushed horror among the ashes under a clear sky. It vividly recalls the deadly quiet in my city after 9/11. Its emotional impact is not lessened by my strong conviction that this is just about Mozart's most powerful score.

[olympicfreak678]

So by this time in the opera, has Sesto tried to kill Tito? In some versions, they have it in different places. In the Ponnelle film with Troyanos, it is right before Vengo, Aspettate. In the Harnoncourt with Kasarova, it seems like it is around Dei Conservate. In the Opus Arte with Graham, it seems like it is after the other four (Publio, Annio, Servillia, Vitellia) come.

[cazonetta]

Yes, Sesto has already (tried) to kill Sesto. When Vitellia sends him off to do the deed, she later learns that Tito has changed his mind to marry Servillia (Sesto's sister and Annio's beloved) and instead will marry her. She tries to stop Sesto ("Vengo, aspettate") before it's too late, but he sets fire to the city, in which all of the principal characters but Tito witness ("Deh, conservate"). So, to be safe, I would say it happened *after* Vengo, possibly after "Parto, parto" if Sesto hurried.

[olympicfreak678]

Amazing! Words cannot describe the emotion and beauty of this scene, opera, or any composition by mozart.

[DasKindespiel]

La mejor ópera de Mozart depués de Don Giovanni

[ozkr08]

la cuarta en mi opinión.

[porsersoy]

divine interpretation :)