The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute

177 mins | Music | June 9, 2006

The Pierre Audi production of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", recorded live at the Salzburger Festpiele in 2006. In honor of the 250th year of the composer's birth, all of Mozart's operas were staged and recorded at Salzburg that year. Christian Gerhaher is Papageno, Genia Kühmeier is Pamina, Paul Groves is Tamino, Diana Damrau is the Königin der Nacht, Irena Bespalovaite is Papagena, and René Pape is Sarastro. Riccardo Muti conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker.

The Magic Flute

177 mins | Music | June 9, 2006

The Magic Flute
The Pierre Audi production of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", recorded live at the Salzburger Festpiele in 2006. In honor of the 250th year of the composer's birth, all of Mozart's operas were staged and recorded at Salzburg that year. Christian Gerhaher is Papageno, Genia Kühmeier is Pamina, Paul Groves is Tamino, Diana Damrau is the Königin der Nacht, Irena Bespalovaite is Papagena, and René Pape is Sarastro. Riccardo Muti conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker.
Producers Decca
Original title Die Zauberflöte
Directors Pierre Audi
Writers

Cast

Christian Gerhaher

as Papageno

Genia Kühmeier

as Pamina

Paul Groves

as Tamino

Diana Damrau

as Königin der Nacht

René Pape

as Sarastro

Irena Bespalovaite

as Papagena

Inga Kalna

as Erste Dame

Karine Deshayes

as Zweite Dame

Ekaterina Gubanova

as Dritte Dame

Franz Grundheber

as Sprecher/Erster Priester

Xavier Mas

as Zweiter Priester

Michael Autenrieth

as Dritter Priester

Burkhard Ulrich

as Monostatos

Simon O'Niell

as Erster geharnischter Mann

Peter Loehle

as Zweiter geharnischter Mann

Riccardo Muti

as Conductor