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Labyrinth, Das: Die Zauberflöte - Teil 2
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(DVD - Code 2)
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World Premiere Recording! We are all famiIiar with Mozart s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) to the libretto by EmanueI Schikaneder (1751 1812). It is not widely known however that Schikaneder wrote a sequel to The Magic FIute, which his friend Peter von Winter (1754 1825) set to music. 2012 the SaIzburg FestivaI presented this operatic rarity in the form of a glittering fairy-taIe opera full of magical events. The happy couple Pamina and Tamino have to master triaIs and tribuIations, Iike the separation by Sarastro in order to wander through an underground labyrinth and the continuing machinations of the Queen of the Night. WeII-loved Papageno who reunites with his parents and fi naIly marries his Papagena helps Tamino and Pamina in their efforts to reach a happy ending. The Salzburg production by young director Alexandra Liedtke features a number of star soloists with Christof Fischesser as Sarastro and Malin HarteIius and MichaeI Schade as the lovers Pamina and Tamino. Newcomer Thomas Tatzl gives a charming Papageno, who leads us through the story and is aIways good for an adventure. Ivor Boltonconducts his SaIzburg Mozarteum Orchestraenergetically, smoothIy and eIegantIy, bringing out the best in Peter von Winter s charming score with its cIeverIy interwoven aIlusions to Mozart. His compositions partly marked the transition between Mozart and Carl Maria von Weber in the deveIopment in German opera. |
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