W.A. MOZART

 

The Magic Flute / Die Zauberflote

 

Tamino - Daniel Behle, tenor

Pamina - Marlis Petersen, soprano

Papageno - Daniel Schmutzhard, baritone

Papagena - Sunhae Im, soprano

Königin der Nacht - Anna-Kristiina Kaappola, soprano

Sarastro - Marcos Fink, bass-baritone

Monostatos - Kurt Azesberger, tenor

1st Lady - Inga Kalna, soprano

2nd Lady - Anna Grevelius, mezzo-soprano

3rd Lady - Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano

Speaker - Konstantin Wolff, bass- baritone

2 Priests - Joachim Buhrmann, Konstantin Wolff

2 Armed Men - Magnus Staveland, Konstantin Wolff

3 Boys - Alois Mühlbacher, Christoph Schlögl, Philipp Pötzlberger (Sankt-Florianer Sängerknaben)

3 Slaves - René Möller, Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer, Christian Koch

RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / René Jacobs

 

Here are some reminders of Jacobs’ achievements to date: from Gramophone Recording of the Year to the Grammy® Awards, Jacobs’ world-renowned Mozart opera recordings been celebrated by the most prestigious award organisations across the globe. A distinguished expert in the field, René Jacobs’ previous opera recordings have enjoyed a sales history of over 65,000 physical units per title.

 

Die Zauberflöte will benefit from a diverse online marketing campaign, including a multi-lingual ‘magic flute discovery’ newsletter series and dedicated marketing blog reaching an audience of over 30,000 people.

 

Enjoy one of the few full studio recordings made of such a popular opera in recent history. This recording represents the peak of René Jacobs’s Mozartian enterprise: after showing us an alternative way of looking at the Da Ponte trilogy and taking a profoundly innovative approach to the two great opere serie (Idomeneo and La clemenza di Tito), he has now sets out to harmonise and clarify the myriad viewpoints exposed in Die Zauberflöte, ranging far beyond its Masonic rituals and mixture of dramatic genres. As a result, Mozart’s most ‘nocturnal’ work is illuminated as if by . . . magic.

 

314pp booklet with essay by René Jacobs and full libretto Fr, Ger, Eng

Included : special leaflet about Mozart by Jacobs

 

Harmonia Mundi 3cds HMC902068-70