The 1791 La Clemenza di Tito (or 'The Clemency of Titus') marked Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's final opera seria. With a libretto by Metastasio (edited slightly by Caterino Mazzolà), the work dramatizes the palace intrigues surrounding emperor Titus's attempts to coronate a new bride and the envious Vitellia's attempts to have Titus assassinated (with the help of Titus's friend Sextus) following the deposition of Vitellia's emperor father. Stage director Martin Kušej mounted Tito in August 2003, at the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg; a film of that live performance now appears in this home video release. The cast includes Michael Schade as Titus, Vesselina Kasarova as Sextus and Dorothea Roschmann as Vitellia. The Wiener Staatsopernchor, under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt, provides musical accompaniment; Jens Kilian designed the sets.

... This mythical tale of a young queen, Alphise, determined to abdicate rather than contemplate an enforced marriage to a descendant of Boreas, is nothing less than highly-charged. Director Robert Carsen and his creative team flood the stage with summer blossoms, drifts of autumn leaves, winter snows and thunderous spring storms. ...

年轻美丽的公爵夫人费尔德玛莎琳趁着公爵不在家，偷偷的和名为奥克塔文（Felicity Lott 饰）的贵族在寝室幽会，哪知道半路杀出了公爵的表兄——奥克斯男爵，为了遮掩自己的情事，玛莎琳将奥克塔文乔装打扮成了一位美女，哪知道奥克斯竟然对女装的奥克塔文一见如故，甚至委托他将代表他的情意的银玫瑰送给名为苏菲（Anne Sofie von Otter 饰）的女子。 无奈之下，奥克塔文只得遵命，向苏菲传达了奥克斯男爵的求婚请求，哪知道苏菲对奥克斯伯爵并无兴趣，反而对奥克塔文一见钟情。奥克塔文也禁不住苏菲所散发出的魅力，两人双双坠入了情网之中。