| Description |
1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; soundtrack in Dolby digital stereo., Region 1, full screen. |
| Language |
Sung in German; with English subtitles. |
| Performer |
Matti Salminen (Sarastro) ; Elena Mosuc (The Queen of the Night) ; Malin Hartelius (Pamina) Piotr Beczala (Tamino) ; Anton Scharinger (Papageno) ; Julia Neumann (Papagena) Jacob Will (speaker) ; Peter Keller (priest) ; Chorus of the Zurich Opera House, Jürg Håmmerli ; Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House ; Franz Welser-Most, conductor. |
| Credits |
Director, Jonathan Miller; stage design, Philip Prowse; lighting design, Jürgen Hoffmann; produced by Willi Koch. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Intertwining music of purity and beauty with the conventions of musical comedy, this opera is an exploration of man's search for truth and his confusion between the forces of light and dark. Mozart's final operatic legacy is a great work of the Enlightenment era. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Operas.
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Musical films.
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| Added Author |
Schikaneder, Emanuel, 1751-1812, librettist.
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Salminen, Matti, performer.
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Moșuc, Elena, performer.
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Will, Jacob, performer.
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Keller, Peter, 1943- performer.
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Hartelius, Malin, performer.
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Beczala, Piotr, performer.
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Scharinger, Anton, performer.
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Neumann, Julia, performer.
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Miller, Jonathan, 1934-
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Prowse, Philip.
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Hoffmann, Jürgen.
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Koch, Willi.
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Welser-Möst, Franz, conductor.
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Hämmerli, Jürg.
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Opernhaus Zürich, performer.
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Reiner Moritz Associates.
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Kultur International Films.
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| Added Title |
Magic flute |
| ISBN |
076972910X |
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9780769729107 |
| Standard No. |
032031291096 |
| Music No. |
D2910 Kultur |
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