Mozart - Apollo et Hyacinthus - Duet "Natus cadit"

Oebalus, king of Lacedaemonia, finds his son Hyacinthus mortally wounded from a discus throw. The king is joined by his daughter Melia, and the two sing this touching lament ("Natus cadit, atque Deus").

Mozart wrote the music to this two-act intermezzo, with text by Father Rufinus Widl, a professor at the Salzburg Gymnasium, when he was 11 years old. The musical play was performed between the three acts of Widl's play Clementia Croesi.

Melia -- Allan Bergius (soprano)
Oebalus -- Michel Lecocq (tenor)
Helmut Müller Brühl and the Kölner Kammerorchester

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• opera
• mozart
• apollo
• hyacinthus
• duet

[Fuliginosus]

I'm several times older than Mozart was when he wrote this, yet my musical compositions are inferior. I blame the school system.

[liszt80]

Truly moving, music and acting

[Peligrosisim0]

Soy yo o nadie se ha dado cuenta que "la niña" que canta el aria en realidad es un niño vestido de chiquilla?

No entiendo el porque. Que alguien me lo explique.

[davlor86]

como pudo haber sido Mozart tan genio? escribir esto a los 11 años? como mejor no fui yo? ;P

[chico00566]

Belíssimo.....comovente...

[Jalapablo]

Unbelieveably beautiful music. Nothing less than astonishing to realise this was composed by an 11 year-old boy. Music like this is able to quake the soul and move a man to tears. Genius wunderkind!

[kramerful89]

@Armboy100 It was a joke, dick.

[Armboy100]

@Fuliginosus I don't know who you are, but maybe you think too much of you? :) I do not intend to hurt you, but do have the genius that Mozart had? Are you even a third of Mozart was?

[Mau12123]

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[uptilthesky]

@fnyjkr

You got to admit he's pretty good at picking his libretto too. It's not just the notes and chords, his understanding and appreciation of text was superior to those who went through the regular school system. It's simply not something that can be taught.

[davlor86]

Mozart's parents must have bursted into tears when they saw their 11 year old son directing and composing this such beautiful composition...They must have said "God, our child is not a genius, he is an angel"