É Amore un ladroncello 

2020

Commissioned by the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra as part of a collaborative concert, Wolfie's Wedding, which re-imagines Mozart arias in a new comic opera devised by Toronto ensemble, Collectif. The concert includes original arias from Cosi Fan Tutte and Marriage of Figaro, and some newly reimagined music by four emerging Saskatchewan composers - Kendra Harder, Danika Lorèn, Tiess MacKenzie, and Alex Tosh - to create a comic story of Mozart's wedding to... one of the Weber sisters.

The youngest sister, Sophie, attempts to make her older sisters make amends by declaring that love is to blame, and not each other through the aria É Amore un ladroncello.

Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano, chamber orchestra​

Duration: 4'

Premiere postponed due to COVID-19

In the video clip beside, I attempt a one-woman teaser of my reimagined Mozart aria as a way to curb the disappointment of the postponed premiere.

Background photograph by Dale Harder