Roberto Abbado debuts as SPCO artistic partner
Italian conductor Roberto Abbado makes his debut on Friday as one of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's artistic partners, as the orchestra kicks off a three-week Mozart Festival.
Abbado and the SPCO celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth with performances of Mozart's last three symphonies, examples of his sacred music and a semi-staged version of the opera, "Cosi fan tutte."
In a conversation with Minnesota Public Radio's Karl Gehrke, Abbado discusses the greatness of Mozart and the influence of opera on all of his music.
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