The magic flute [videorecording] / text, Emanuel Schikaneder ; music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; director, Göran Järvefelt ; produced and directed for television by Thomas Olofsson ; co-produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk/Drottningholm Court Theatre Production AB/RM Arts/Swedish Television, Channel 1-Drama/SBS Australia.
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[videorecording] /
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Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment,
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989. Laszlo Polgar (Sarastro) ; Birgit Louise Frandsen (The Queen of the Night) ; Ann Christine Biel (Pamina) Stefan Dahlberg (Tamino) Mikael Samuelson (Papageno) ; Birgitta Larsson (Papagena) ; Anita Soldh, Lineea Sallay, Inger Blom, Elisabeth Berg, Ann-Christine Larsson, Anna Tomson, Petteri Salomaa, Torbjörn Lillieqvist, Magnus Khyle, Thomas Annmo, Olle Sköld ; The Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus and Orchestra ; Arnold Östman.
Summary:
Intertwining music of purity and beatury with the conventions of musical comedy, this opera is an exploration of man's search for truth and his confusion between the forces of light and dark. Mozart's final operatic legacy is a great work of the Enlightenment era.
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