Die Zauberflöte, Bregenzer Festspiele (2013)
What begins like a fairy-tale turns into a whimsical fantasy halfway between magic farce and Masonic mysticism: The Magic Flute links a love story with the great questions of the Enlightenment, juxtaposes bird-catcher charm with queenly vengeance, and bewitches the listener with music that mixes cheerful melodies, lovers’ arias, showstopping coloraturas and mysterious chorales. W. A. Mozart’s opera premiered in 1791 and is one of the most often performed operas in the world. The production on the Bregenz Festival lake stage impresses the audience with a fantastic setting framed by three dog-dragons, each of them more than twenty meters in height. “David Pountney finds stunning answers to the everlasting questions surrounding ‘The Magic Flute’.” (Tagesspiegel) “The ‘play on the lake’ in Bregenz takes the audience into a fantasy world.” (Salzburger Nachrichten)
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Alfred Reiter as Sarastro |
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Norman Reinhardt as Tamino |
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Ana Durlovski as Königin der Nacht |
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Bernarda Bobro as Pamina |
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Daniel Schmutzhard as Pagageno |
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Denise Beck as Papagena |
| Sound | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Original Music Composer |
