Die Zauberflöte
7.1/10
Live production of the Mozart opera Die Zauberflöte.
Emanuel Schikaneder
Writer
Alf Bernhard-Leonardi
Director
Casts & Crew
Malin Hartelius
Pamina
Piotr Beczala
Tamino
Julia Neumann
Papagena
Anton Scharinger
Papageno
Elena Mosuc
Königin der Nacht / Queen of the Night
Matti Salminen
Sarastro
Volker Vogel
Monostatus
Ursula Ferri
Three Ladies
Irène Friedli
Three Ladies
Martina Janková
Three Ladies
Jacob Will
Narrator
Peter Keller
Priest
Guido Götzen
Two Armoured Men
Kenneth Roberson
Two Armoured Men
Franz Welser-Möst
Himself / Conductor
Also Directed by Alf Bernhard-Leonardi
Set in a mountainous and thickly wooded Bohemian landscape in the 17th century, Carl Maria von Weber's opera "Der Freischütz" (The Marksman) tells the tale of Max, a young gamekeeper. Max is in love with Agathe, daughter of the head ranger to Prince Ottokar. To win her hand, an ancient custom requires Max to prove his skill as a marksman on the morning of the wedding by shooting at any object the Prince may choose on the spur of the moment. Max is willing to do anything, absolutely anything to succeed - even at the cost of selling his soul to the demon Samiel. Recorded live at the Zürich Opera House, 1999.