Mozart Opera La Clemenza di Tito

Classical Music / Operas

La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621, is an opera seria in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzola, after Metastasio, an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti. Mozart's La clemenza was started after the bulk of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), the last opera that Mozart worked on, was already written. The work premiered on 6 September 1791, at the Estates Theatre in Prague.

Sadly, Mozart did not live to hear the premiere of this opera since he passed away December 5, 1791.

Mozart's opera LA Clemenza di Tito about a power struggle. In ancient Rome, the ambitious daughter of a deposed emperor, Vitellia, manipulates Sesto her lover into attempting to assassinate the new Emperor Tito. The plot revolves around power struggle, political intrigue, love, betrayal, and jealousy, culminating in the test of Emperor Tito's virtue, his decision to show mercy rather than seek vengeance, and the ultimate theme of forgiveness.

Enjoy the video of  Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito. YouTube, uploaded by Bergen Nasjonale Opera. Accessed September 6, 2025.  This is a recording of the live stream of W. A. Mozart's opera La clemenza di Tito in Grieghallen in Bergen, 15th of March 2021, with six soloists, Edvard Grieg Kor and Edward Gardner conducting the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Listening Pleasures:

Mozart's Opera La Clemenza di Tito. Uploaded by EGMusic Opera Production. Accessed September 6, 2018. Live performance at the Covent Garden, 1976. With Janet Baker, Yvette Minton, Werner Hollweg. Covent Garden Orchestra, conducted by J. Pritchard.

Aria  "Ah, perdona al primo affetto", beautifully sung by Lucia Popp and Frederica von Stade.
 


Resource:

La clemenza di Tito. en.wikipedia.org. Accessed September 6, 2011. 



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