Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) - Vol. 1 & 2

Genre: Classic/Opera | Size: 210mb | Format: mp3 | Bitrate: 192kb/s

Mozart wrote "The Magic Flute" in 1791, just after the French Revolution and just before he died. Haydn had introduced Mozart to Freemasonry, and the opera is full of the ideas (the autonomy of the individual, self-determination, appalling sexism), the ideals (power, wisdom, beauty), and the symbols (aprons, hammers, compasses, a pyramid with an all-seeing eye) of the Masons. Rituals, tests, initiations come into play. Out of all operas I love Mozart's "The Magic Flute" the best. The opera seems a miracle in itself and one of the greatest blessings to the world of music. Everything is so perfect...



There is a large cast of characters including the priest Sarastro (a very serious, proselytizing basso), the Queen of the Night (a mean, angry, scheming coloratura), and her daughter, the beautiful and courageous Pamina. There is the handsome hero, Tamino, on the quintessential road trip, and his cohort in misadventure, the bird seller, Papageno. Papageno ultimately finds his Papagena (who starts out disguised as a crone), Tamino ultimately wins Pamina, Sarastro presumably wins a passle of converts, and everyone goes home humming the catchy Mozart melodies. It is all presented in a plot complicated by a dragon, a threesome of warbling ladies in service to the Queen of the Night, another threesome of boy-angels, even a bully - Monostatos, guard for the Queen. It is lightened by such elements as locked lips, charmed animals, and, of course, a magic flute.



I'd recommend Ingmar Bergman's movie "The Magic Flute", which is a recorded film, not a live performance. Bergman is freed up from some of the stage restraints. He frequently moves from the traditional stage to fantasy scenes of Bergman's own invention. It is beautifully crafted, the best version of "The Magic Flute" I've ever seen. If you perchance have it, please don't hasitate to share the movie with us...

DL links:
http://rapidshare.com/files/235108/WAM-_ZF.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/235099/WAM-_ZF.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/234799/WAM-_ZF.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/234839/WAM-_ZF.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/234751/WAM-_ZF.part5.rar


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