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Mozart - The Magic Flute
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The Magic Flute, 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.
In this opera, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro's community and seeks to join it. Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished. The earthy Papageno, who accompanies Tamino on his quest, fails the trials completely but is rewarded anyway with the hand of his ideal female companion, Papagena.
Tracklist:
| A | Nyitány, I. Felvonás 1 - 4. Jelenet | 24:36 |
| B | I. Felvonás 5 - 11. Jelenet | 18:58 |
| C | I. Felvonás 12 - 16. Jelenet | 25:37 |
| D | II. Felvonás 1 - 12. Jelenet | 22:58 |
| E | II. Felvonás 13 - 26. Jelenet | 27:52 |
| F | II. Felvonás 27 - 30. Jelenet | 25:52 |
- Alto Vocals [Harmadik Fiú] – Raili Kostia
- Alto Vocals [Harmadik Hölgy] – Sieglinde Wagner
- Baritone Vocals [Harmadik Pap] – Manfred Röhrl
- Baritone Vocals [Papageno] – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Bass Vocals [Második Pap] – Martin Vantin
- Bass Vocals [Második Vértes] – Martti Talvela
- Bass Vocals [Sarastro] – Franz Crass
- Bass Vocals [Öreg Pap] – Hans Hotter
- Chorus – RIAS Kamarakórus
- Chorus Master – Günther Arndt
- Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor – Karl Böhm
- Engineer [Balance] – Günter Hermanns
- Libretto By – Emanuel Schikaneder
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Második Fiú] – Antonia Fahberg
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Második Hölgy] – Cvetka Ahlin
- Orchestra – Berliner Philharmoniker
- Recorded By [Dialogues] – Rudolf Sellner
- Recording Supervisor – Wolfgang Lohse
- Soprano Vocals [Az Éj Királynöje] – Roberta Peters
- Soprano Vocals [Elsö Fiú] – Rosl Schwaiger
- Soprano Vocals [Elsö Hölgy] – Hildegard Hillebrecht
- Soprano Vocals [Pamina, A Leánya] – Evelyn Lear
- Soprano Vocals [Papagena] – Lisa Otto
- Tenor Vocals [Elsö Pap] – Hubert Hilten
- Tenor Vocals [Elsö Vértes] – James King (3)
- Tenor Vocals [Monostatos, Szerecsen] – Friedrich Lenz
- Tenor Vocals [Tamino] – Fritz Wunderlich
