O, wie will ich triumphieren explained
"O, wie will ich triumphieren" (or, "Ha, wie will ich triumphieren"), is an aria for low bass from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's German: [[Singspiel]] Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio).
It is well known for the extraordinary technical demands it makes on the singer, and is sometimes performed in recitals and featured in anthologies. It features coloratura, abrupt octave-leaps between the upper and lower registers, and extended low notes,[1] including a drawn-out low D2, one of the lowest notes demanded of any voice in opera.[2] [3] Mozart wrote it with one particular bass in mind: the very famous Ludwig Fischer.[4]
Context
Osmin, the bad-tempered house-servant to Pasha Selim, has caught his hated enemies trying to rescue a noblewoman from captivity in the Pasha's harem. He taunts them, gleefully anticipating the pleasure of seeing them hanged.[5]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Metopera.org. 1 December 2017. 23 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170323233828/http://www.metopera.org/metoperafiles/season/2015-16/operas/entfuhrung/programs/042716%20Entfuhrung.pdf. dead.
- Web site: Learn About Opera. Manitoba Opera. 18 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222012920/http://www.manitobaopera.mb.ca/learn/trivia.html. 22 February 2014. dead.
- New York chronicle. The New Criterion. 1 December 2017.
- Book: Grout
, Donald Jay. https://books.google.com/books?id=l_b2vIXHsUkC&pg=PA325. The Opera of Mozart and his Contemporaries. 2007-12-23. Donald Jay Grout. Hermine Weigel Williams. 2003. A Short History of Opera. Columbia University Press. 325. 0-231-11958-5 .
- Web site: The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384. Kennedy Center. 1 December 2017.
