English: Emanuel Schikaneder as the first Papageno in Mozarts Die Zauberflöte. Front page of the original edition of the libretto of the Zauberflöte. Nederlands: Emanuel Schikaneder als eerste Papageno Deutsch: Emanuel Schikaneder als der erste Papageno. Aus dem Titelblatt der Erstausgabe des Librettos der Zauberflöte. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Sir Colin Davis conducts the Orchestra of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
then some talking heads speak about the opera (last one is Jonathan Miller on the French Revolution), with snippets of performances from the Magic Flute by
Sarastro • Alfred Reiter
The Queen of the Night • Anna Kristiina Kaappola
Papageno • Klaus Häger
Papagena • Nadine Lehner
Staatsopernchor Staatskapelle Berlin
Conductor • Julien Salemkour
Directors • Bernward Konermann and Walter Rösler
K620 • Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute, La Flûte enchantée), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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