I love to watch artists at work. This is a working session of the Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova & Nikolaus Harnoncourt animating the aria “Ch’io mi scordi di te?”
from Mozart’s ” La clemeza di Tito”. (The conversation is in German with English subtitles. )
You ask that I forget you?
You can advise me to give myself to her?
And this while yet I live?
Ah no! My life would be far worse than death!
Let death come, I await it fearlessly.
But how could I attempt to warm myself to another flame,
to lavish my affections on another?
Ah! I should die of grief!
Lovely! Lovely! Lovely! Such depth of expression, such a range of voice! Wunderbar!
And I also enjoy seeing the interaction ihe production. I allways find the hard work and cooperation , in musical or other artisitic productionst – the exchanging of ideas and the way one inspires another – truly magnificent. Is there perhaps something here that we can learn about working together in the world, for the good of all?
Trusting each other seems to be paramount….
And playing…
Yes, good point – thanks! Let’s keep playing, then!