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Mozart Lovers celebrates the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth with a story of two couples at a moment of crisis, inspired by a 12-minute opera quartet from Mozart's opera Die Entführung Aus Dem Serai. The quartet forms the basis for 4 x 3 min episodes, sung in English by four young opera singers, set in contemporary London.
The original opera staged in Turkey depicts four characters thrown into emotional turmoil by a change of context. The quartet scene on which Mozart Lovers is based is a microcosm of that bigger story, and follows the journey of four characters struggling to find out the truth behind their relationships. The quartet is set out in 4 paragraphs – the inspiration for our 4 films.
The original opera staged in Turkey depicts four characters thrown into emotional turmoil by a change of context. The quartet scene on which Mozart Lovers is based is a microcosm of that bigger story, and follows the journey of four characters struggling to find out the truth behind their relationships. The quartet is set out in 4 paragraphs – the inspiration for our 4 films.
Each episode is a complete story, featuring the same four characters:
Yamillah – a successful city worker, who lives in a beautiful flat
Muhammar – her long-term intense boyfriend
Yasmin – her wild flatmate
Mustapha – Yasmin's volatile partner.
Mozart’s brilliant orchestration has been the inspiration for a smallscreen version of his music, played on a single, contemporary instrument.
Muhammar – her long-term intense boyfriend
Yasmin – her wild flatmate
Mustapha – Yasmin's volatile partner.
Mozart’s brilliant orchestration has been the inspiration for a smallscreen version of his music, played on a single, contemporary instrument.
Opera North is delighted to support Mozart Lovers. Opera North is England's national opera company in the North and one of Europe's leading arts organisations. It actively challenges conventional perceptions of opera, and aims to breath new life into the classics and champion lesser-known works.
