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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflote Fur Kinder [2007]

 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflote Fur Kinder [2007]   Director: Brian Large
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5

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Product Details
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Exempt
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0824121002305
Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL, Subtitled
Label: Tdk UK Ltd
Manufacturer: Tdk UK Ltd
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tdk UK Ltd
Release Date: 2007-07-02
Running Time: 106
Studio: Tdk UK Ltd
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5 'Magic Flute' For Kids -- From Salzburg and in German, 2007-08-27
Comment: After an acclaimed Magic Flute was mounted at the Salzburg Festival in 1978 by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and starring singers like Christian Boesch, Ileana Cotrubras, Edda Moser, Peter Schreier, Zdzislawa Donat and Kurt Rydl, and with James Levine conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, the Papageno (Boesch) fashioned a version for children which was given in the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg. No adults were admitted to the performance unless they were accompanied by two children and the place was packed. Boesch's version has Papageno as a narrator who with grace and humor (and no little comic arrogance) explains both the plot and the notion of why there is even such a thing as opera where words are sung rather than simply spoken. The whole thing is, of course, in German and there are excellent English subtitles -- and subtitles in German and French as well -- and the whole thing has a joyous quality to it. The children in the audience certainly seemed to respond positively to the whole performance. This DVD is taken from the telecast of the performance aired on Austrian TV; it is beautifully filmed and recorded.

My only concern about this DVD is that for English-speaking audiences, for whom this review is being written after all, the notion of having to read subtitles does interfere somewhat with the spontaneity of the event. And of course we can presume that in the not too distant future the children's version of Magic Flute based on Julie Taymor's Metropolitan Opera production will be out on DVD. For English-speaking children it would undoubtedly be the preferred version.

But for what it is, this is a marvelous DVD. Boesch does a bang up job both as writer and narrator as well as being a truly funny Papageno.

Sound: LPCM Stereo; Format 4:3 NTSC; Subtitled: English, German, French; Region Code 0 (worldwide); Disc format: DVD9; Running time: 106mins

Scott Morrison