The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina. Aided by the lovelorn bird hunter Papageno and a magical flute that holds the power to change the hearts of men, young Tamino embarks on a quest for true love, leading to the evil Sarastro's temple where Pamina is held captive.
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Francisco Araiza
Tamino
Also in
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
La Cenerentola
Wolfgang Brendel
Papageno
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Samson et Dalila
Die Fledermaus
Lucia Popp
Pamina
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Carmina Burana
Jánošík
Edita Gruberova
Kõnigen der Nacht
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Hänsel und Gretel
Kurt Moll
Sarastro
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Der Rosenkavalier
Die Walküre
Pamela Coburn
Erste Dame (First Lady)
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Die Fledermaus
Daphne Evangelatos
Zweite Dame (Second Lady)
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La Cenerentola
Cornelia Wulkopf
Dritte Dame (Third Lady)
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Lulu
Norbert Orth
Monostatos
Also in
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Speaker of the Temple
Also in
Das Rheingold
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Hermann Winkler
Erster Geharnischter (First Armed Man)
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Der Fliegende Holländer
Karl Helm
2 Geharnischter (Two Armed Men)
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Cardillac
Der Komödienstadel - Die Tochter des Bombardon
August Everding Director · Emanuel Schikaneder Writer
First release July 2, 1983 · Produced in Germany · Production Unitel, Deutsche Grammophon
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Bayerische Staatsoper
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Unitel
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Deutsche Grammophon
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Germany
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Original title
Die Zauberflöte
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · July 2, 1983
Theatrical · Live recording
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
October 28, 2005 · Digital
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