Mozart in Turkey

Overview

British director Elijah Moshinsky traveled to Istanbul's Topkapi Palace with a cast of gifted singers and actors to film a lavish production of Mozart's Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail (aka The Abduction From The Harem), and this documentary offers a look at both the behind-the-scenes efforts to put the project on screen and extended highlights from the resulting production. Mozart in Turkey also touches on the opera's performance history and Mozart's life at the time it was composed.

Cast

Yelda Kodallı

Constanze

Paul Groves

Belmonte

Desirée Rancatore

Blonde

Peter Rose

Osmin

Lynton Atkinson

Pedrillo

Oliver Tobias

Pasha Selim