O, wie will ich triumphieren

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (center) attending a performance of Die Entführung aus dem Serail in 1789

"O, wie will ich triumphieren" (or, "Ha, wie will ich triumphieren"), is an aria for low bass from act 3 of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio).

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It is well known for the extraordinary technical demands it makes on the singer, and is sometimes performed in recitals and featured in anthologies. It features coloratura, abrupt octave-leaps between the upper and lower registers, and extended low notes,[1] including a drawn-out low D2, one of the lowest notes demanded of any voice in opera.[2][3] Mozart wrote it with one particular bass in mind: the very famous Ludwig Fischer.[4]

Context

Osmin, the bad-tempered house-servant to Pasha Selim, has caught his hated enemies trying to rescue a noblewoman from captivity in the Pasha's harem. He taunts them, gleefully anticipating the pleasure of seeing them hanged.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (PDF). Metopera.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Learn About Opera". Manitoba Opera. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "New York chronicle". The New Criterion. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Grout, Donald Jay; Hermine Weigel Williams (2003). "The Opera of Mozart and his Contemporaries". A Short History of Opera. Columbia University Press. p. 325. ISBN 0-231-11958-5. Retrieved 23 December 2007.
  5. ↑ "The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384". Kennedy Center. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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