{"id":5868,"date":"2014-06-10T09:28:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T08:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2014-06-10T09:51:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T08:51:01","slug":"summer-music-day-two-scenes-from-mozart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/06\/10\/summer-music-day-two-scenes-from-mozart\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Music Day Two: Scenes from Mozart"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know that something rather special is going on when you find yourself having to put out additional seating before a concert to cope with the level of audience which is turning up. Such was the situation yesterday at just before five o’clock, when the storage cupboard was being pillaged for further seating, to accommodate the surprisingly large (yet very welcome!) turn-out for Scenes from Mozart<\/em>, featuring some of the University Music Scholars accompanied by your loyal correspondent.<\/p>\n

An enthusiastic crowd was treated to a selection of moments from three of Mozart’s operas – Clemenza di Tito, Cosi fan tutte<\/em> and The Marriage of Figaro<\/em>. With no expense spared on lavish production values, the minimalist approach to staging involved replacing a bed and a chaise-longue with chairs, a cupboard door become – wait for it – a lady’s fan, and Cherubino’s dramatic jumping out of the window involved…well, let’s just say you had to be there…<\/p>\n