Die Zauberflote- Mozart (2007)
DVD ISO | 720x480 | MPEG-2 DVD | PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 Ch | Language: German | Subtitles: EN, FR, GER, ES, CN | 160 MIN | 7.82 GB
Artists: Lucia Popp, Kurt Moll, Francisco Araiza, Edita Gruberova, Wolfgang Brendel.....
Stage and set design: Jurgen Rose | Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch | Director: August Everding | Recording Date: 1983 | Place of recording: Das Bayerische Staatsoper
DVD ISO | 720x480 | MPEG-2 DVD | PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 Ch | Language: German | Subtitles: EN, FR, GER, ES, CN | 160 MIN | 7.82 GB
Artists: Lucia Popp, Kurt Moll, Francisco Araiza, Edita Gruberova, Wolfgang Brendel.....
Stage and set design: Jurgen Rose | Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch | Director: August Everding | Recording Date: 1983 | Place of recording: Das Bayerische Staatsoper
Dans une nature sauvage, Tamino, poursuivi par un serpent, est sauvé par trois dames, suivantes de la Reine de la Nuit. Papageno, apparu entre-temps, se vante auprès de Tamino d'avoir tué le serpent. Il est puni par les dames qui lui ôtent la parole. Elles confient à Tamino un médaillon représentant Pamina, fille de la Reine de la Nuit, et lui expliquent que Sarastro retient celle-ci prisonnière. La Reine de la Nuit apparaît et promet à Tamino la main de sa fille s'il parvient à la délivrer.....
Pamina is held captive by Sarastro. Her mother, the Queen of Night, finds a prince, Tamino, to send on a mission to rescue her. Tamino, having seen a portrait of the beautiful Pamina, is determined to win her. He takes with him Papageno, a bird-catcher. Pamina is rescued by Papageno from the clutches of Monostatos, Sarastro's servant....
My review is that I didn't like it. I found the direction too classical, 60% of the opera to be tossed away absolutely. There are two stories in this opera, Tamino's story and Papageno's one. As much Papageno's story is interesting, light to see and hear, the moralistic, starchy discourse of Tamino and Sarastro is very heavy to digest. The performance of the singers isn't that impressive, though the conducting is impeccable. For my first incursion in Mozartian opera, I'm frankly disappointed. May be I'm more of an Italian or Baroque opera fan and can't taste the German school but I just didn't find it a good experience.






keep it up
There are few Zauberflote here, i will probably upload some of mine (4 or 5 different performances)
Accatone, Die Zauberflöte is probably (one of) the greatest opera ever composed. Perhaps, if you need to switch from baroque, you should start with Cosi or Don Giovanni
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accatone! thanks a lot for ALL your posts! most of them excellent (you're one of the 5-6 avax contributors I admire)! surprised that Die Zauberflote is somehow out of your preferences. try solti / deutekom, klemperer / popp 1964, christie / dessay or fricsay versions. convinced you'll become a fan in very short time! thanks for all!!
thanks for the Zauberflöte! If you run by any chance into an Ariodante DVD, it would be awesome if you would share this with us, too... ;-)
Cheers
FC