Mozart: The Magic Flute
“A fairytale for unstable times”
A magical opera, a Singspiel, a comedy with spectacular stage effects, a Masonic ritual intertwined with Egyptian mysteries, a heroic-comic opera? "The Magic Flute" has been heard, performed, discussed, scrutinised and questioned more often than almost any other work in the history of opera. But this time, they’ve really outdone themselves... .
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Matthias Goerne
Sarastro
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Mauro Peter
Tamino
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Emma Posman
Queen of the Night
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Christiane Karg
Pamina
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Adam Plachetka
Papageno
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Maria Nazarova
Papagena
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Le Coq d'Or - Opéra National de Lyon
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
Michael Porter
Monostatos
Constantinos Carydis
Conductor
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Klaus Maria Brandauer
Narrator
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Lydia Steier Director · Emanuel Schikaneder Writer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer
First release August 4, 2018 · Produced in Austria · Production ARTE Concert, Unitel
Production
Salzburger Festspiele
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ARTE Concert
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Unitel
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Austria
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Original title
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
France · August 4, 2018
TV
Germany · December 18, 2021
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
August 4, 2019 · Digital
South Korea
April 28, 2019 · Theatrical
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