Synopsis

The Magic Flute - Die Zauberflote - libretto only - English & German - English National Opera 3

The Magic Flute - Die Zauberflote - libretto only - English & German - English National Opera 3 $22.99

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Published by John Calder Publications

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera, providing stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original

With his last opera Mozart created a piece of theatre which defies categorization

In theory it is a Singspiel, a mixture of songs and dialogue, in which the spectacular effects and comedy fit naturally

They appeal today as much as they did when it first opened in popular Viennese theatre two hundred years ago and Rodney Milnes recalls some of the other pieces playing at the time, such as Kaspar the Bassonist, or The Magic Zither

On the other hand, it belongs to a tradition of Enlightenment texts in which a young Prince, destined to be a ruler, learns from his adventures how to behave wisely as a social being

This is a re-working of the Orpheus myth, in the context of the Age of Reason and Freemasonry

David Cairns describes the many beauties of the score in loving detail, taking the reader through the complex plot, to clarify and interpret it

Famous commentaries by Goethe, Berlioz, E T A Hoffmann and G B Shaw reveal their enthusiasm for the opera

A useful and unusual feature of this guide is the complete dialogue, in German with an English translation, which is often badly cut in performance

Like so many fairy tales, The Magic Flute repays careful attention: its music has a charm to inspire the child in every listener

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'Brilliantly produced and superb value' ~ Sunday Times

'All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought' ~ Daily Telegraph

'Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series' ~ TLS

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