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Recently I conducted the Magic Flute, Mozart's great opera. I found in my research an opera actually written by Mozart, but it said Salieri on it. But it is understood that Mozart actually wrote it, so you can imagine what kind of opera it is, and put Salieri's name on it. Well anyway, I'll tell you a little about it because it's quite interesting. It is in one act only. It begins with a 45 minutes intermission, because it's such a short opera. First you hear the overture, b…

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In the Saliere Opera episode of the Victor Borge Collection, Victor Borge takes the audience on a whimsical journey through a fictional opera that he claims was written by Mozart but attributed to Salieri. He sets the stage by describing the opera's absurd premise, which begins with a lengthy intermission despite being a one-act performance. The humor is evident as Borge introduces the characters, including a tenor and a soprano, who find themselves in a comedic predicament.

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Victor Borge Collection, Episode 6825

Saliere Opera

Sunday, September 13, 1953 · 8:15

Victor Borge Collection, Episode 6825

Saliere Opera

Sunday, September 13, 1953 · 8:15

Summary

Victor Borge humorously explores a fictional opera attributed to Salieri but actually written by Mozart, filled with comedic misunderstandings and absurd situations.

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  • 1953 — Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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