Song Saturday; The Queen of the Night

Tonight the moon is a huge silver ball,

 hanging in the sky.

It made me think of ‘The Queen of the Night’ scene from Amadeus. I found this piece of the film on YouTube which is exactly the piece of  film I was thinking of and then decided to sit and watch ‘’Pop star to Opera star’’ before posting. To my amazement this was the aria chosen for ex Shakespear Sister singer Marcella Detroit to sing in tonights show, and she sang it incredibly well. There is no clip of Marcella singing this on YouTube yet but I’m sure there will be soon.
But for now, this is The Queen of the Night, sung by June Anderson from the film Amadeus.

 It’s so ..well…... for want of a better word....... ‘Gothic’
(music from the Magic Flute, Mozart)

 

Song saturday; Mozart La clemenza di Tito

 Mozart La Clemenza di Tito
Above; Posthumous painting by Barbara Krafft in 1819

Mozart fell ill in September 1791 while in Prague for the premiere of his opera La Clemenza di Tito. This was written on commission for the Coronation of Emperor Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and Hungary and as Leopold I, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The illness intensified and by November Mozart was bedridden and suffering from swelling, pain, and vomiting. Mozart was nursed in his final illness by Constanze his wife and her youngest sister Sophie. Mozart died at 1 a.m. on 5 December 1791.

Anne Howells (Annio) and Catherine Malfitano (Servillia)sing the lovely duet "Ah perdonna al primo affeto" from Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's 1980 film adaptation of "La Clemenza di Tito"

Song Saturday; The Marriage of Figaro

'Che soave zeffiretto' - Mozart's 'The Marriage Of Figaro'

I have only one complaint about this piece of music, and that it; it’s too short. It finishes too soon and leaves a hunger for more.