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Zauberfoete - z webu BBC3
Claudio Abbado's celebrated recording of The Magic Flute K. 620, with René Pape as Sarastro, Christoph Strehl as Tamino, Dorothea Röschmann as Pamina and Hanno Müller-Brachmann as Papageno. The queen of the night is interpreted by Erika Mikósa.
When Tamino, a young prince, finds himself lost and pursued by a snake, he invokes the mercy of the gods, and faints. Three veiled maidens appear, and quickly notice how sweet and handsome the young man is. They compete amongst themselves for the pleasure of looking after him - and so begins Mozart's final opera, a mix of both philosophical parable and music-hall comedy.
Sarastro ..... René Pape
The Queen of Night ..... Erika Miklósa
Pamina ..... Dorothea Röschmann
Tamino ..... Christoph Strehl
Papageno ..... Hanno Müller-Brachmann
Papagena ..... Julia Kleiter
Speaker ..... Georg Zeppenfeld
Monostatos ..... Kurt Azesberger
First Lady ..... Caroline Stein
Second Lady ..... Heidi Zehnder
Third lady ..... Anne-Caroline Schlüter
Three boys ..... Alexander Lischke, Frederic Jost, Niklas Mallmann
First Man in Armour ..... Danilo Formaggia
Second Man in Armour ..... Sascha Borris
First Priest ..... Andreas Bauer
Second Priest ..... Danilo Formaggia
Third Priest ..... Tobias Beyer
Three slaves ..... Matthias Bernhold
Arnold Schönberg Chor
(Chorus Master: Erwin Ortner)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado."