Musical Notes with Jonathan Darlington
Photo credit: Christoph Müller-Girod
All Mozart's music is to my mind 'operatic'. I can't think of a single piece of his that does not have at its heart a dramatic motivation. Of course, what changes subtly through his short but action-packed life is the means by which he sucks us into his operatic world. La Clemenza di Tito and The Magic Flute were both written the year Mozart died, and both have a potent, direct way of conveying truths about the human condition.
Although La Clemenza di Tito may not be Mozart's most well-known opera, it is a work of the greatest genius. I can say that having the privildge to study the piece under a microscope has brought me untold riches.
