Mozart: Die Zauberfl?te, K 620 / Haitink, Lott, Luxon, Glyndebourne Festival
Mozart: Die Zauberfl?te, K 620 / Haitink, Lott, Luxon, Glyndebourne Festival
表演者: Bernard Haitink/Thomas Thomaschke/Benjamin Luxon/Felicity Lott/Leo Goeke/Elizabeth Conquet/May Sandoz/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
专辑类型: PCM Stereo, 4:3
介质: DVD-Video
发行时间: 08/17/2004
唱片数: 1
出版者: Arthaus Musik (DVD)
条形码: 0807280108590
专辑简介
R E V I E W S
The Arthaus Musik DVD is a live performance by the Glyndebourne Opera in 1978. It was directed by John Cox and designed by David Hockney. During the overture, first one sees Hockney and his assistants creating the design, then the cast is identified when Cox directs them, and finally the conductor, Bernard Haitink and the orchestra are shown. Hockney’s design is brilliant and faithful to both the magical theme and the ancient Egyptian motif of the opera. Most notable are the colorful sets and the design for the animals. When the Queen of the Night enters, the background changes to a starry sky. The antics of the animals when Tamino plays his flute to entice them are visually delightful. During the trial scene, Pamina and Tamino first walk back into fire and then into rolling waves of water.
Haitink conducts an excellent reading of the score. Felicty Lott is a first rate Pamina, Leo Goeke a fine Tamino, Benjamin Luxon a vocally excellent Papageno, Thomas Thomaschke has the required low notes for Sarastro, and May Sandoz has the high notes for the Queen of the Night. Willard White is luxury casting for the speaker, and John Fryatt is a competent Monostatos. The three ladies are well performed by Teresa Cahill, Patrica Parker, and Fiona Kimm. The three boys, sung by females Kate Flowers, Lindsay John, and Elizabeth Stokes, are vocally good, but I feel that boy sopranos are more faithful to Mozart. The Hockney sets are also available on DVD in a performance from the Metropolitan, conducted excellently by James Levine and featuring an all-star cast of Kathleen Battle, Francisco Ariaza, Manfred Hemm, Luciana Serra, Kurt Moll, and Andreas Schmidt. In this production, the three boys are sung by boy sopranos. It would be my first choice, but the Glyndebourne set runs a very close second.
Bob Rose, FANFARE