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Magic Flute

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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 a popular Viennese theatre two hundred years ago. 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.Contents: Synopsis; ''Singspiel and Symbolism'', Rodney Milnes; ''A Vision of Reconciliation'' David Cairns; ''A Public for Mozart''s Last Opera'' Nicholas John; Die Zauberflote: Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder and Carl Ludwig Giesecke; The Magic Flute: Lyrics by Michael Geliot, Dialogue by Anthony Besch>

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Authors Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Assisted by Nicholas John (Editor), John Nicholas (Editor), Anthony Besch (Translation), Michael Geliot (Translation)
Publisher Alma Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 07.02.2011
 
EAN 9780714544076
ISBN 978-0-7145-4407-6
No. of pages 128
Dimensions 204 mm x 128 mm x 2 mm
Series Calder Opera Guides in Association with the English National Opera (ENO)
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

MUSIC / Printed Music / Opera & Classical Scores, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti

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