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Peter von Winter
Laby rinth
Das
Der Zauberflöte zweyter Theil
Libretto by
Emanuel Schikaneder
Christof Fischesser
Julia Novikova
Malin Hartelius
Michael Schade
Ivor Bolton
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Laby rinth
Das
Der Zauberflöte zweyter Theil
(Shortened Version)
Conductor
Orchestra
Chorus
Chorus Masters
Sarastro
The Queen of the Night
Pamina
Tamino
Papageno
Papagena
Old Papageno
Old Papagena
First Lady of the Queen (Venus)
Second Lady of the Queen (Amor)
Third Lady of the Queen (Page)
Monostatos
Christof Fischesser
Julia Novikova
Malin Hartelius
Michael Schade
Thomas Tatzl
Regula Mühlemann
Anton Scharinger
Ute Gfrerer
Nina Bernsteiner
Christina Daletska
Monica Bohinec
Klaus Kuttler
Staged by Alexandra Liedtke
Video Director Peter Schönhofer
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Ivor Bolton
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Salzburger Bachchor Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor
Alois Glaßner
Wolfgang Götz
Length approx. 150'
Shot in HDTV 1080
Cat. no. A04001580
Right of Stage Manfred App
www.papageno-music.com
A co-production of UNITEL and ZDF/3sat in cooperation with Salzburg Festival and CLASSICA
We are all familiar with Mozart’s Magic Flute to the libretto by
Emanuel Schikaneder. What is far less well known, however,
is the fact that Schikaneder wrote a sequel to The Magic Flute
and entrusted the acclaimed composer and Palatinate-Bavarian
Kapellmeister Peter von Winter with the task of setting it to
music. Following the premiere in 1798 at the Freihaustheater
in Vienna, the same venue where Mozart’s Magic Flute had
begun its triumphal progress, the second opera enjoyed several
years of lasting success until it fell foul of the French censor and
was banished to the archives on the grounds that some of the
characters in the performances bore too great a resemblance to
Napoleon Bonaparte, who had just taken power.
In the year that marks the 200th anniversary of Emanuel
Schikaneder’s death, the Salzburg Festival presents this operatic
rarity at the city’s Residenzhof in the form of a glittering fairytale opera in which magic and ghostly events play a decisive
role. All of the characters from The Magic Flute are
present plus numerous others, all in imaginatively
colourful costumes, all involved in their seriously
funny games, as they take the wrong paths
through the labyrinth of the soul, fail or succeed in
numerous tests, swear undying love and loyalty in
the face of power, greed and revenge. They dance
and revel, disappear into oblivion or float through
the air on a crescent moon, and amid constantly
changing scenery and a frenzy of phantasy and
colours present a piece of lavish Baroque theatre
tailored to today’s tastes.
Ivor Bolton conducts his Salzburg Mozarteum
Orchestra energetically, smoothly and elegantly,
bringing out the best in Winter’s charming music
with its cleverly interwoven echoes of Mozart.
The soloists are from the top drawer: Michael
Schade triumphs as Tamino, while Thomas Tatzl
and Anton Scharinger are a brilliant young and old
Papageno. Coloratura soprano Julia Novikova is
in full command of her role as the Queen of the
Night. The excellent Salzburg Bach Choir delivers
the double chorus parts with immense force and
a pleasantly supple sound, depending on what the
scene demands. The result is an evening of theatrical
magic involving a chemistry made of music, a
love of playing and scenic effects in the Baroque
atmosphere of the Residenzhof, culminating in a
rapturous response from the audience.
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Peter von Winter