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Mozart in Turkey

Mozart in Turkey

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

May 19, 2000

Runtime

1h 30m

Original Title

Mozart in Turkey

Production Companies

Antelope

Director

Mick Csáky

Description

British director Elijah Moshinsky traveled to Istanbul's Topkapi Palace with a cast of gifted singers and actors to film a lavish production of Mozart's Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail (aka The Abduction From The Harem), and this documentary offers a look at both the behind-the-scenes efforts to put the project on screen and extended highlights from the resulting production. Mozart in Turkey also touches on the opera's performance history and Mozart's life at the time it was composed.