Various - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberfl�te ('The Magic Flute')

W.A. Mozart�s timeless masterpiece at the Salzburg Festival is always an event! Especially when Die Zauberfl�te (The Magic Flute) receives such a �spectacular and virtuosic staging� (Le Figaro) by director Lydia Steier. Steier introduces the role of the grandfather, a narrator reading the opera like a fairy tale to his three grandchildren, performed by the famous actor Klaus Maria Brandauer (Out of Africa, James Bond). This �trick� in combination with the gigantic moveable sets by stage designer Katharina Schlipf, allows new views on Mozart�s magical opera, with its different worlds. Thanks to conductor Constantinos Carydis, who �seems to breath with the music� (Tagesspiegel), there is a new Mozart to be heard too: Carydis draws �precise phrasing and plenty of crisp articulation� (Financial Times) from �the musicians of the great Vienna Philharmonic� (New York Times).