The Three Boys - The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) by Mozart

[N10me]

Thanks for the upload! :) I saw this version on TV more than ten years ago. I didn't know it was directed by Ingmar Bergman himself. :) The scenery was what really caught my attention since before that I had only seen a 1986 live recording from the Savonlinna Opera Festival, done with relatively little set and open air in summer, with no snow. ;)

[papagena92]

I love this whole scene, poor Pamina. Just before this video, she had said to Tamino, "It is you who murder me"...I know it's a change in the original lyrics (in german it was "may this knife kill me"), but sooo moving!!!!!

[leporello56]

why is it swiss?

[IDidntComeUpWithName]

Absolutely Genius, Genius & Genius. Mozart and Bach... My 2 Favourite composers. I can Listen to Both Endlessly ...

[zombieboyfriend]

horrible!!!!!

they look scarry!!!!!!!!!!

:S

[am1966ath]

Magnificent.bergmans masterpiece

[FOOLYCOOLY]

cute and pretty!

[MagicianofMilkyway]

WHAT language is this?

If someone answers: "German" that person is a liar, since I AM SWISS!

[Kafrotox]

That is Swahili and those three boys are from Zambia.

[slicksteve1943]

@MagicianofMilkyway The language is SWEDISH---- as the operatic film, made in Sweden by Ingmar Bergman-- was shot in that language!! Duh!

[jomoses07]

who's the sop?

[ichmalealsobinich]

the contraalto boy seemed to be already in his voice mutation.

[wskfan]

Sorry Editor, Ingmar Bergman made the

"Trollflöjten" in 1974 (Google !) !

I have a copy with German subtitles and shall

post some clips with the three boys - private - only.

[StringQuartetFan]

the boy on the very right reminds me of alex delarge from clockwork orange. hahaha.

this version seems too fast.

[gigagamer16]

holy crap you're right O.o

[thurshus]

Mozart forever! he is the sky, the stars, the blue of the night, the sun and the sea, is the air, the snow...is Wolfang!!!

[NatashaNabokov]

and magically there is snow!....I love this film. Yes, the contralto is slightly scary.

[NedRorem]

The contralto kid is scaring! Bergman's remains the best direction of the Magic Flute in any medium. It's a pity that the singers are not so good and it's in Swedish. But Hagegard (Papageno) is lovely.

[hadassah179]

I've luvd and respected this movie forever my grandma raised me on it!

[hillevifan]

Such a happy scene- probably my favorite in zauberflote (besides the queens 2 arias!)

[sacopenapa]

It is centanly not the best recording, but the movie is absolutely marvelous! The best Magic Flute recording is the one with Karl Bhonn, Dieskau, Roberta Peters... I believe it is available in cd. The movie, of course I have in dvd!

[hillevifan]

It BOHM not BHONN

[sacopenapa]

I'm famous in my family for going 39 times to the movies to see this film! We didn't have 'videos' nor dvds than...

[soph41190]

It annoys me when the 3 boys are always so solemn...I prefer grinny ones, we saw an ENO's production with the best 3 boys I've ever seen!

[upliftedsoul]

I've seen this version so many times.

[wayne763]

I've been revisiting Bergman here on Youtube and elsewhere since his death. I think I'll close my "mourning' with this piece. I believe that close-up is of his daughter. Nepotistic filmmaking. It brings Coppola to mind as well.

[ninino86]

I love Bergmans version, it's brilliant. Well done.

[alahl002]

its a lovely opera but the best part in bergmans magic flute is the papageno papagena duet with Håkan hagegård that starts right in the end of this video if someone has the next bit please put it up on the webb site

[Scotty0011]

nice.

[versailles1986]

Beautiful, in any language!  Well done!

[serRudyll]

I think the text boards and the happy singing while watching right into the lens, whenever there is a sort of moral message in the opera are hilarious :-)

[sluttyRuth]

i find the swedish very nice in this production. i'm generally not for translated operas but swedish is close enough to german to make it not sound out of place, besides, the soft sound of the language matches their style of singing.

[Tinkaaa]

i dont like it in swedish. german is better. i like the whole movie version of the zauberflöte though

[Kalliopurania]

Da muss ich dir Recht geben.

Ohnehin sind Opern in der Originalsprache zumeist besser, wie so vieles andere auch, wobei mir die deutschsprachige Version von "Le nozze di Figaro" ebenfalls ausnehmend gut gefällt...

[Freder28XXX]

Mozart's Zauberflote is a perfect Opera. The real Perfection. Ingmar Bergman is a great director. But, That Perfection in swedich, kills me and Mozart too!

[musicadri24]

very nice! but I think the alto is a little too loud

[inorcistartist]

Yeah, it´s louder then usual, but I kinda like it.

[Polexia]

Hee hee I was singing along in my head and realized they weren't speaking German, lol:) I'm so used to hearing this in German, I've never heard it in Swedish. I don't like the lowest voiced boy -- way too deep. I've never heard one that low sing this part. This is my favorite song in Die Zauberflote, next to Papageno/Papagena.