O, wie will ich triumphieren

"O, wie will ich triumphieren" (or, "Ha, wie will ich triumphieren"), is an aria for low bass from 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]

  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.