The Magic Flute DVD – Gert Banhner, Inge Uibel

Performance of Mozart’s opera which combines German folk songs with classical operatic compositions. ‘The Magic Flute’ contains themes of love, good and evil, and the flute itself has the ability to defend people against various dangers. Gert Banhner conducts.

The Magic Flute, written by Mozart shortly before his death at the age of 35, is often considered to be his finest opera. The glorious score combines simple German folk songs and classical operatic writing to brilliant effect. The Magic Flute is what the Germans call a ‘Singspiel’ (a song play); which is a play with a great deal of singing similar to an operetta or musical comedy. Mixing German folk elements with subtle French orchestrations, and raucous Italian wit with spoken dialogue and …