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Mozart’s “Magic Flute” with Sir Simon Rattle Live recording from the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden
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On 23 March 2013, this internationally acclaimed opera production at the Festspielhaus not only opened the Berliner Philharmoniker’s first Easter Festival in Baden-Baden, celebrated by critics and audiences alike, but also marked the first live performance of The Magic Flute by the orchestra. The recording of the production is the fourth of the work by the Berliner Philharmoniker, following studio productions with Sir Thomas Beecham (1937/38), Karl Böhm (1964) and Herbert von Karajan (1980). With this production, Sir Simon Rattle conducted The Magic Flute for the first time.
“Let’s not forget what a raging masterpiece the Magic Flute is, and how different it was from anything anyone had done before – even Mozart.”
Sir Simon Rattle
Cast:
Pavol Breslik Tamino
Kate Royal Pamina
Dimitry Ivashchenko Sarastro
Ana Durlovski The Queen of Night
Michael Nagy Papageno
Regula Mühlemann Papagena
Annick Massis First Lady
Magdalena Kožená Second Lady
Nathalie Stutzmann Third Lady
José van Dam Speaker
James Elliott Monostatos
David Rother* First Boy
Cedric Schmitt* Second Boy
Joshua Augustin* Third Boy
Andreas Schager First Priest
Jonathan Lemalu Second Priest
Benjamin Hulett First Armoured Man
David Jerusalem Second Armoured Man
*Soloists of the Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Simon Halsey Chorus Master
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle Conductor
Robert Carsen Stage Director
Michael Levine Sets
Olivier Simonnet TV Director
Petra Reinhardt Costumes
Robert Carsen, Peter van Praet Lighting
Martin Eidenberger Video
Ian Burton Dramaturg
Recorded live at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 1 April 2013
