The Glyndebourne Festival Opera mounted this 1991 performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera seria La Clemenza di Tito (1791), commemorating the 200th anniversary of the work. With the traditional libretto by Pietro Metastasio and Caterino Mazzolà, and newly composed secco recitatives authored Stephen Oliver and commissioned by Glyndebourne, it stars Philip Langridge as Tito, Ashley Putnam as Vitellia, Diana Montague as Sesto, and Martine Mahé as Annio. The Glyndebourne Chorus, under the leadership of chorus master ...
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The Glyndebourne Festival Opera mounted this 1991 performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera seria La Clemenza di Tito (1791), commemorating the 200th anniversary of the work. With the traditional libretto by Pietro Metastasio and Caterino Mazzolà, and newly composed secco recitatives authored Stephen Oliver and commissioned by Glyndebourne, it stars Philip Langridge as Tito, Ashley Putnam as Vitellia, Diana Montague as Sesto, and Martine Mahé as Annio. The Glyndebourne Chorus, under the leadership of chorus master David Angus, and London Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Stephen Bryant, lend musical accompaniment to the production. David Fielding designed the sets and a pre-Madness of King George Nicholas Hytner directs for the stage. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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