FULL DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE or La flauta magica Buenos Aires 2023 Joel Prieto, Verónica Cangemi, Peter Kellner Rafal Siewek, Anna Siminska
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Die Zauberflöte or La flauta magica
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Recorded: May 9, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Joel Prieto, Verónica Cangemi, Peter Kellner, María Savastano, Rafal Siewek, Anna Siminska, Pablo Urban, Carolina Gómez, Florencia Burgardt, María Luisa Merino Ronda
- Conductor: Marcelo Ayub
- Orchestra: Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón
- Chorus: Coro Estable del Teatro Colón
- Chorus Master: Miguel Martínez
Information about the Recording
- Format: Unknown
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“The prince? He is more than that: he is a man, ”says Sarastro in reference to Tamino, in tune with the times in which the opera premiered. The fable by Mozart and his librettist Emanuel Schikaneder, both initiated into Freemasonry and fellow lodge members, is almost contemporary with the French Revolution. The Illuminist background of The Magic Flute stands out as much as its darker side – or the darker side of 19th-century Europe – with references to the ritual purification of women and dark-skinned characters. But, above all, here too there are paths that fork, lessons learned and necessary decisions. Strange and ambiguous fairy tale and, moreover, a Masonic manifesto full of symbols about wisdom and its acquisition, Mozart’s last work for the stage premiered during his lifetime chooses, on the other hand, the format of the Viennese popular opera – the singspiel –. The version directed by Barrie Kosky and designed in partnership with Suzanne Andrade, one of the most successful and commented on in the last decade, was premiered at the Comic Opera in Berlin and recreates the world of silent cinema and, in particular, films by Buster Keaton.