Name: Die Zauberflöte
Start: 1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Staatsoper

Organization

Conductor

Horst Stein

Singer

Bass

Hans Sotin

Sarastro

Tenor

Nicolai Gedda

Tamino

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Speaker

Soprano

Edith Mathis

Pamina

Carol Malone

Papagena

Franz Grundheber

Monostastos

Kurt Moll

Second armored man

Stage director

Peter Ustinov

Staatsoper Hamburg

Others

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Die Zauberflöte -  (The Magic Flute)

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

This 1971 film version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Magic Flute is based on a production at Hamburg State Opera staged by the multi-talented stage, television and film author, director and actor Sir Peter Ustinov, with decor and costumes by Jens-Denis Malclès. The cast brought together by Rolf Liebermann for this film version of the Magic Flute consists of stars with established international careers but also of singers who were just on the point of breaking through to international fame at the time.

Opera in two acts. Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.

Produced by Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft for NDR
© Polyphon 1971

The DVD is available via Arthaus Musik and can be ordered here.

Staging: Peter Ustinov
TV director: Joachim Hess
Set and costume design: Jean-Denis Malclès
Chorus: Günther Schmidt-Bohländer

Musical direction: Horst Stein
Sarastro: Hans Sotin
Tamino: Nicolai Gedda
Sprecher: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Erster Priester: Kurt Marschner
Zweiter Priester: Herbert Fliether
Königin der Nacht: Cristina Deutekom
Pamina: Edith Mathis
Erste Dame: Leonore Kirschstein
Zweite Dame: Paula Page
Dritte Dame: Cvetka Ahlin
Papageno: William Workman
Papagena: Carol Malone
Monostatos: Franz Grundheber
Zwei Geharnischte: Kurt Moll, Helmut Melchert
Drei Knaben: Bernd Rüter, Klaus Reimers, Axel Pätz
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chorus: Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Die Zauberflöte Mozart

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The Magic Flute

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