Mozart - The Magic Flute (with Julia Neumann, Anton Scharinger and Zurich Opera Orchestra) Act 1/2

From the Opera House Zurich, 2000 Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) is a production by Jonathan Miller with a libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder Don’t miss the second part: Anton Scharinger - Papageno Julia Neumann - Papagena Matti Salminen - Sarastro Malin Hartelius - Pamina Piotr Beczala - Tamino Jacob Will - speaker Peter Keller - priest Elena Mosuc - Queen of the Night Martina Janková - First Lady Irène Friedli - Second Lady Ursula Ferri - Third Lady Volker Vogel - Monostatos Kenneth Roberson - First Armoured Man Guido Götzen - Second Armoured Man Zürcher Sängerknaben - The Three Boys Zurich Opera House Chorus & Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst - conductor Jonathan Miller - director Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Magic Flute, K. 620 (Die Zauberflöte) 0:00 Overture 6:48 Act I: Zu hilfe zu hilfe! 13:20 Act I: Wo bin ich! Ist’s Fantasie? 20:00 Act I: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon 24:47 Act I: 0 zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn! 29:35 Act I: Hm! hm! hm! hm! 35:40 Act I: Du feines Taubchen nur herein 39:31 Act I: Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen 43:05 Act I: Zum Ziele fuhrt dich diese Bahn 44:39 Act I: Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben 51:54 Act I: Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton Jonathan Miller’s Zurich Opera production of the strangest of Mozart’s operas sets the piece in the time of its creation: 1791, just after the French Revolution and the fall of the Bastille. Sarastro (Matti Salminen) personifies the ideals of the Enlightenment, Humanism and a new political order, while the Queen of the Night (Elena Mosuc) embodies the old régime. Tamino (Piotr Beczala) starts his journey to spiritual perfection in a library, lined with a double-storied wall of books. The cast also includes Jacob Will, Peter Keller, Malin Hartelius, Anton Scharinger and Julia Neumann. Franz Welser-Möst conducts. © Licensed by Digital Classics Distribution