Description
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Grosser Querschnitt) / Columbia LP
SMC 80 858
The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte, pronounced [diː ˈtsaʊbɐˌfløːtə]), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form during the time it was written that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months before the composer's premature death. Still a staple of the opera repertory, its popularity was reflected by two immediate sequels, Peter Winter's Das Labyrinth oder Der Kampf mit den Elementen. Der Zauberflöte zweyter Theil (1798) and a fragmentary libretto by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe titled The Magic Flute Part Two.
The allegorical plot was influenced by Schikaneder and Mozart's interest in Freemasonry and concerns the initiation of Prince Tamino. Enlisted by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the high priest Sarastro, Tamino comes to admire the high ideals of Sarastro. He and Pamina both join Sarastro's community, while the Queen and her allies are vanquished.
| Label: | Columbia – SMC 80 858 |
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| Format: |
Vinyl, LP
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| Country: | Denmark |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Classical, Opera |
Tracklist:
| A1 | Arie Des Papageno (1. Akt) | |
| A2 | Arie Des Tamino (1. Akt) | |
| A3 | Rezitativ Und Arie Der Königin Der Nacht (1. Akt) | |
| A4 | Quintett (1. Akt) | |
| A5 | Duett Pamina - Papageno (1. Akt) | |
| A6 | Flötenarie Des Tamino (1. Akt) | |
| A7 | Finale 1. Akt (16./17. Szene) | |
| B1 | Arie Des Sarastro (Mit Chor) (2. Akt) | |
| B2 | Arie Der Königin Der Nacht (2. Akt) | |
| B3 | Arie Des Sarastro (2. Akt) | |
| B4 | Arie Der Pamina (2. Akt) | |
| B5 | Finale 2. Akt (26./27. Szene) | |
| B6 | Arie Des Papageno (2. Akt) | |
| B7 | Finale 2. Akt (29. Szene) |
- Alto Vocals [Dritte Dame] – Marga Höffgen
- Bass Vocals [Papageno] – Walter Berry
- Bass Vocals [Sarastro] – Gottlob Frick
- Chorus – The Philharmonia Chorus
- Chorus Master – Wilhelm Pitz
- Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor – Otto Klemperer
- Glockenspiel – Prof. Heinrich Schmidt
- Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Simon Quaglio
- Libretto By – Emanuel Schikaneder
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Zweite Dame] – Christa Ludwig
- Orchestra – The Philharmonia Orchestra London
- Soprano Vocals [Dritter Knabe] – Josephine Veasey
- Soprano Vocals [Erste Dame] – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
- Soprano Vocals [Erster Knabe] – Agnes Giebel
- Soprano Vocals [Königin Der Nacht] – Lucia Popp
- Soprano Vocals [Pamina] – Gundula Janowitz
- Soprano Vocals [Papagena] – Ruth-Margret Pütz
- Soprano Vocals [Zweiter Knabe] – Anna Reynolds
- Tenor Vocals [Monostatos] – Gerhard Unger
- Tenor Vocals [Tamino] – Nicolai Gedda
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