Mozart Opera Is A Forgotten Masterpiece
"It's a sensational piece. The music is just phenomenal," Darlington says. "Every time I open the score, I realize I'm just touching the tip of the iceberg, there is so much going on at different levels. It's incredible that Mozart wrote it in such a short time. Clemenza is very intimate, real chamber music; for example, the trumpets and the timpani play in only three numbers. And the characters are not at all stereotypes -- they are real, breathing people."
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