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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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 Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio). It is

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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.

  • “O, wie will ich triumphieren”, opera-arias.com
  • , Kurt Moll, Georg Solti, Royal Opera House 1990
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart