Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1990)

Mozarts famous Singspiel after Christoph Friedrich Bretzners work Belmonte und Konstanze DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL comes to life in the sumptuous setting of Topkapi the Ottoman sultans own Istanbul seraglio palace harem Belmonte finds his fiancée Konstanze and her English maid Blondchen who were captured and sold by pirates in the Mediterranean seraglio of the Ottoman pasha Selim Belmontes servant Pedrillo gets him engaged as builder After Selim tried to enforce himself upon Konstanze Pedrillo and Blondchen his own sweetheart prepare their flight managing to get Osmin the pashas overseer drunk Yet Osmin and Selims guard still capture them already in the garden however the touching display of true love melts the pashas heart so he lets them go