Octavian
Um jovem de seus 16-17 anos, sexualmente inexperiente, Octavian, recebe uma lição de vida e de sexualidade de um nobre ser - a Marechala, Princesa Werdenberg. Ele só descobre a si mesmo, no entanto, e começa a entender os mistérios do coração feminino, quando ele é encarregado pela Marechala de uma nobre missão: levar uma rosa de prata à jovem Sophie, a noiva do Barão von Lerchenau...
Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Após tentar se suicidar, Salieri confessa a um padre que foi o responsável pela morte de Mozart e relata como conheceu, conviveu e passou a odiar Mozart, que era um jovem irreverente mas compunha como se sua música tivesse sido abençoada por Deus.
Annio
"La Clemenza di Tito" was Mozart's last stage work. It was commissioned for an Imperial coronation ceremony while Mozart was at work on "Die Zauberflöte" and was composed in great haste. Indeed, time was so short that composition of the secco recitatives was assigned to Mozart's pupil Süssmayr. As in the earlier "Idomeneo", Mozart sought to produce an opera seria that was dramatically viable. He enlisted the poet Mazzolà to substantially revise the Metastasio libretto, which had already been set some fifty times. The number of arias was reduced from 25 to 11, and ensembles and choruses were added to enliven the proceedings. Though perhaps not the very top-drawer Mozart, the music is wonderful.
