Article: MICHAEL YORK ADDED TO CAST OF 'SERAGLIO'.(Living)

Byline: Post staff report

Actor Michael York has joined the cast of the May Festival's "Abduction from the Seraglio" by Mozart, to be performed at 8 p.m. May 26 at Music Hall.

York will serve as narrator and also play the speaking role of Bassa Selim.

Known for his many film and television roles, York has appeared on the concert stage as well, and recently recorded the melodrama "Enoch Arden" by Tennyson/Richard Strauss for Americus Records.

Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio" is a comic opera about a young Spaniard (Belmonte) who travels to Turkey to rescue his betrothed (Konstanze) from Bassa Selim's harem.

The opera ...

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