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Mozart - Die Zauberflote

Petroc Trelawny presents Claudio Abbado's celebrated recording of Die Zauberflote, with Rene Pape as Sarastro, Christoph Strehl as Tamino and Dorothea Roschmann as Pamina.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Claudio Abbado's celebrated recording of The Magic Flute K. 620, with Ren茅 Pape as Sarastro, Christoph Strehl as Tamino, Dorothea R枚schmann as Pamina and Hanno M眉ller-Brachmann as Papageno. The queen of the night is interpreted by Erika Mik贸sa.

When Tamino, a young prince, finds himself lost and pursued by a snake, he invokes the mercy of the gods, and faints. Three veiled maidens appear, and quickly notice how sweet and handsome the young man is. They compete amongst themselves for the pleasure of looking after him - and so begins Mozart's final opera, a mix of both philosophical parable and music-hall comedy.

Sarastro ..... Ren茅 Pape
The Queen of Night ..... Erika Mikl贸sa
Pamina ..... Dorothea R枚schmann
Tamino ..... Christoph Strehl
Papageno ..... Hanno M眉ller-Brachmann
Papagena ..... Julia Kleiter
Speaker ..... Georg Zeppenfeld
Monostatos ..... Kurt Azesberger
First Lady ..... Caroline Stein
Second Lady ..... Heidi Zehnder
Third lady ..... Anne-Caroline Schl眉ter
Three boys ..... Alexander Lischke, Frederic Jost, Niklas Mallmann
First Man in Armour ..... Danilo Formaggia
Second Man in Armour ..... Sascha Borris
First Priest ..... Andreas Bauer
Second Priest ..... Danilo Formaggia
Third Priest ..... Tobias Beyer
Three slaves ..... Matthias Bernhold
Arnold Sch枚nberg Chor
(Chorus Master: Erwin Ortner)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado.

3 hours

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Jan 2011 19:00