WOS Radio: Edward Seckerson Talks to Rene Jacobs
Rene Jacobs: singer, conductor, scholar, archivist, alchemist, teacher. In recent years he’s been “rehabilitating” the Mozart operas for the Harmonia Mundi label, eradicating 19th century retouchings and stylistic anomalies in order to restore these great works to their vibrant original colours. He and his handpicked performers have now arrived at Mozart’s beloved “Singspiel” Die Zauberflote and the results are quite revelatory.
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