"Let us sing, let us laugh, there is no other way. The world and hardship are the same, no one is free from torment," says Mozart's unfinished work, a tragic love story named after the slave Zaide and set in Turkey. In Mozart's great operatic oeuvre, "Turkishness," and thus the confrontation between Orient and Occident, occupies a considerable space. Alongside elements in "Così fan tutte" and "The Magic Flute," exoticisms are particularly prominent in Mozart's first German Singspiels, "The Abduction from the Seraglio" and the preceding "Zaide." But "Turkishness" in his Singspiel certainly does not come from Turkey. Director Jessica Glause, together with a select ensemble of young Mozart voices from the Stuttgart State Opera, explores the extent to which foreignness and inclusion can be influenced by music.

Amelie Erhard

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Jun 22 - Jul 12, 2025

ZAIDE · Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele

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