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Ep. 19 The Magic Flute by Mozart broadcast 12.10.17
Ep. 19 The Magic Flute by Mozart broadcast 12.10.17
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119 minutes
Released:
Dec 10, 2017
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On today's episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to The Magic Flute, also known as Die Zauberflöte, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It's an opera in two acts, first performed in Vienna in 1791.
In this opera the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity in the Temple of Wisdom under the high priest Sarastro.
Tamino is accompanied on his quest to the Temple of Wisdom by the earthy Papageno, a bird-catcher, who is also looking for true love. Together they learn the high ideals of Sarastro's community and seek to join it.
Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, and with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished.
Papageno fails the trials completely but is nevertheless rewarded with the hand of his ideal female companion, Papagena.
Image courtesy of Texas A&M University- Commerce Marketing Communications Photography
In this opera the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity in the Temple of Wisdom under the high priest Sarastro.
Tamino is accompanied on his quest to the Temple of Wisdom by the earthy Papageno, a bird-catcher, who is also looking for true love. Together they learn the high ideals of Sarastro's community and seek to join it.
Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, and with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished.
Papageno fails the trials completely but is nevertheless rewarded with the hand of his ideal female companion, Papagena.
Image courtesy of Texas A&M University- Commerce Marketing Communications Photography
Released:
Dec 10, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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