Zaide | Opera review

Sadler's Wells, LondonWhy the 23-year-old Mozart wrote two acts of an opera in 1779 and then abandoned it remains a mystery. He may have heard rumours of the planned German-language company in Vienna that would later premiere Il Seraglio, whose narrative also deals with slavery and freedom in an Ottoman empire context. But this substantial fragment has proved tempting over the years to Mozart specialists, who have tried to complete it in various ways. The latest attempt is this English-language ...

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