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Die Zauberflöte, Bregenzer Festspiele
“Bregenzer Festspiele”
7.0 / 10• 2013• 2h 30m•NR• German
Music
Storyline
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)
Cast & Crew
AR
Alfred Reiter
Sarastro
LeadNR
Norman Reinhardt
Tamino
Ana Durlovski
Königin der Nacht
BB
Bernarda Bobro
Pamina
DS
Daniel Schmutzhard
Pagageno
DB
Denise Beck
Papagena
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. the director's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Die Zauberflöte, Bregenzer Festspiele is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
