The Magic Flute: English National Opera Guide 3 (English National Opera Guides) (English and German Edition)
Language: English
Published by Riverrun Press, 1980
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Virginia Books & More, Spotsylvania, VA, U.S.A.Virginia Books & More
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Condition: Used - Fine
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This is a pristine and unread copy from the first printing of the first American edition.
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- Title
- The Magic Flute: English National Opera Guide 3 (English National Opera Guides) (English and German Edition)
- Author
- Mozart
- Publisher
- Riverrun Press
- Publication year
- 1980
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0714537683
- ISBN 13
- 9780714537689
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
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Review
This volume, issued by Black Dog Opera Library, puts together Foil's essay, lots of pictures, a complete libretto (with running commentary) in English and German, and a classic recording on two compact discs in one comfortably priced hardcover package. It is a fine introduction to what remains a great opera, goofy plot or no. (And Bellini's plots aren't even goofier?) It is worth buying just for the now out-of-print EMI/Angel 1972 (remastered in 1987) recording, contained on two very long-playing CDs, found inside the front and back covers of the book. The dialogue portions work better in this version than in most recordings. Anneliese Rothenberger is an appealing Pamina, and Walter Berry is a delightful Papageno. Edda Moser nails the difficult music of the Queen of Night, while Kurt Moll is our day's definitive Sarastro. Wolfgang Sawallisch, brisk and never lugubrious, conducts his soloists and the Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra with total certainty.
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