Similar qualities [i.e. suspension and intensification] suffuse what may well be the single most beautiful number in all of Mozarts operas, the farewell trio Soave sia il vento from *Così fan tutte* ... On the mundane level of this scene, two of the singing characters think they are taking leave of their boyfriends, while we in the audience (along with the worldly manipulator onstage) know better. But Mozarts music seems to know something else entirely: though the depicting leave taking is not genuine, there is a farewell sounding here that exceeds the emotional depth even of a genuine parting of lovers--the characters seem to be taking leave of Innocence itself.--Scott Burnham, *Mozarts Grace*: https://youtube/watch?v=6Wi7UsXW1As
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 08:54:27 +0000
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