In a promotion aimed to make Opera more understandable and accessible, Naxos have produced a series of CDs entitle “Opera explained”. The ninth in the series released on 22nd October 2002, is The Magic Flute composed by Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart.
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Advantages: Good introduction to the Opera and Mozart Disadvantages: Narrative breaks up the musical flow
In a promotion aimed to make Opera more understandable and accessible, Naxos have produced a series of CDs entitle “Opera explained”. The ninth in the series released on 22nd October 2002, is The Magic Flute composed by Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart. All the CDs in the series roughly follow the same format. The first section of the CD, lasting for approximately quarter of an hour, provides a brief and basic biography Of Mozart and illustrated by excerpts ... ...continues with musical highlights from the Comic Opera interspersed with explanations of the plot and music. Mozart composed the Magic Flute in 1791 as a commission from Emanuel Schikaneder who provided the libretto. It’s debut performance took place on December 5th just a few weeks before Mozart’s death. The plot is basically that of a love story. A handsome young prince, Tamino (played by Herbert Lippert: Tenor) is saved from a serpent by three ...
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Advantages: Gaily jolly, irreverent, humorous, bawdy, tuneful. A masterful reworking of the primary opus of the master of French comic opera. If you enjoy Gilbert and Sullivan track this one down – I can guarantee you a surprisingly wonderful musical experience. Disadvantages: None
...like a devil with horns, leading the orchestra as the revellers cavort around the floor”.
So Offenbach did not invent the can can or even use the name. His music was taken up later by the theatre producers to accompany the stage performances.
THE STAGE PERFORMANCE
I was lucky enough to see this Opera North production of ‘Orpheus’ in their Spring Season 2000 at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne. Our party consisted of three generations with ages spanning early teens to early 70s. At that time, I had the same misconceptions that I listed at the start of the article and, apart from one production of Mozart’s ‘MagicFlute’ none of us had seen opera outside of the G&S catalogue and none of us had any idea what to expect.
This was without doubt one of the most memorable evenings of music that we have had the pleasure of seeing...
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Advantages: Good for upsetting opera lovers Disadvantages: You could lose the will to live
...from Mozart’s opera “The MagicFlute.” If you manage to withstand this, try Track 14, which will give you an idea of the quality (or rather the lack of quality) of Thomas Burns’ voice.
There are actually twelve tracks on the disc and not seventeen as suggested on the website (mercifully!).
The number of this disc, for those who are still undeterred, is CD GD61175 and the label is RCA. Amazon is selling it at £8.99 and HMV at £10.99. However, if you can sacrifice the Faust items, you’ll find the Florence Foster Jenkins tracks, along with some others, on a Naxos Historical issue (shouldn’t that be Hysterical?) at £5.99 from Amazon under the title “Murder On The High Cs.”
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Advantages: easy to find the piece of music you want Disadvantages: maybe too familiar for the expert listener
...to the Moon (Rusalka)
Donizetti - Una Furtiva Lagrima (L'Elisir d'Amore)
Bizet - Habanera (Carmen)
Rossini - Largo Al Factotum (The Barber of Seville)
Delibes - Flower Duet (Lakme)
Purcell - When I am Laid in Earth (Dido and Aeneas)
Verdi - Grand March (Aida)
Mozart - Soave sia il Vento (Cosi Fan Tutte)
Puccini - Nessun Dorma (Madam Butterfly)
CD2
Rossini - William Tell Overture (William Tell)
Bizet - Seguedille (Carmen)
Puccini - E Lucevan le Stelle (Tosca)
Offenbach - Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffman)
Verdi - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)
Mozart - Voi Che Sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)
Leoncavello - Vesti la Guibba (I Paglicacci)
Bellini - Casta Diva (Norma)
Mozart - Der Holle Rache (The MagicFlute)
Verdi - La Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto)
Gluck - Che Faro Senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Bizet - Au Fond du Temple...
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Main Performer: Annelies Burmeister (Mezzo soprano); Gisela Schröter (Mezzo soprano); Günther Lieb (Baritone); Hanne-Lore Kuhse (Soprano); Harald Neukirch (Tenor)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Leipzig Radio Chorus Orchestra; Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra
Date of Release: 10/1987
Label / Distributor: Opera Series / BMG UK
Pieces in Set: 3
Genre(s): Stage works
SPAR Code: ADD
Work 1
Work Title: (Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', K620
Excerpt(s): 1. Overture 2. Overture; ACT 1 - Zu Hilfe 3. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja 4. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön 5. O zitt're nicht; Zum Leiden 6. H'm H'm H'm 7. Du feines Täubchen 8. Bei Männern 9. Zum Ziele führt dich; Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton 10. Schnelle Füsse; Das klinget so herrlich_könnte jeder brave Mann; Es lebe Sarastro 11. ACT 2 - March; O, Isis und Osiris (aria) 12. Bewahret euch vor Weibertücken 13. Wie? Wie? Wie? 14. O Isis und Osiris (aria) 15. Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden 16. Der Hölle Rache 17. In diesen heil'gen Hallen 18. Seid uns zum zweitenmal willkommen 19. Ach, ich fühl's 20. O, Isis und Osiris (chorus) 21. Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr sehen? 22. Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen 23. Bald prangt 24. Der, welcher wandert 25. Papagena Weibchen 26. Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena 27. Nur stille 28. Die Strahlen der Sonne 29. Slave Dance - Flute and Piano 30. Harmoniemusik
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1791
Conductor: Otmar Suitner
Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus Orchestra