So did Field Marshal Haig finally get his drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin?
Thanks for uploading. I've longed to see this ever since I first heard about it, before it even began filming, but there's no way of getting it in the U.S.
lolz. not did they make the german opera english, but they had to kill germans in the rewrite. I want to see this movie now. Its funny on so many different levels.
The meeting of geniuses... This is simply amazing. The clash between such well-known music and a truly original setting is out of this world. Hats off!!!
thanks!! wonderful good sound and image, you have la boheme with rolando villazon & anna netrebko??' .... please please!!! upload!!!... I'm chilean opera fan......saludos desde Chile!!! y que viva la Opera!!
Removing the racism is the only way some of us can watch this masterpiece. For those of us with weaker stomachs, all that can be enjoyed otherwise is individual arias and ensemble pieces.
P1: Historical works should not be updated to conform to a sick worldview. If the absurd ideas of tolerance and equality don't vanish, humanity will be a mass of uncultured mud people; this "browning" is already undeniably underway.
"A racist is a man who believes in history, genetics, and his eyes." - Voltaire
"Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact." - Balzac
PS: Don't confuse racism with prejudice; I don't support or advocate the latter.
The racism you appear to applaud precluded my paying large amounts of money to see The Magic Flute. Viewers with eyes could not stomach history's lies being celebrated on the stage. Most left such performances openly disgusted or with faux insouciant expressions. The Met in NY did a good job changing the libretto as well.
It is sad, but society as a whole was accepting of such racial slurs in the past. In college we had to clean up a couple Gilbert and Sullivan operettas for such built-in slurs.
@iupetre Assuredly, the world does change and all must place things within their time. The racism of Love For Three Oranges is acceptable in that way simply because it plays a very minor role in the overall opera; one can overlook that and still enjoy the absurdity. . With the Magic Flute, by contrast, racism was the entire theme. The lyrics simply had to be changed or no one could actually sit through a performance.
@P1B1U1H1I must disagree with your assertion that "racism was the entire theme" in the Magic Flute.
The main them is the struggle of a prince in a strange and foreign land to search for his love. There are rituals in the opera that are illustrations of Masonic rituals. In fact, there are many illusions to Free Masonry. The ending and beginning of opera is in E-flat which has three flats, three being an important number is Free Masonry.
@iupetre You are correct. The phrasing should be "the racism, as viewed by the modern eye, percolates through the original Magic Flute, written at the peak of the slave trade. In Love for Three Oranges, it is present in a few songs, which a readily altered without much problem." Changing times can affect views without condemnation; the first act of Prince Igor is horrific; comfort stems from knowing the Khan eventually slaughters them.
There is no racism at all in the magic Flute. Light and dark operate as masonic symbols for good and evil. Monostatos is black because he is a failure, not a failure because he is black. Its the same as when the Queen and the Ladies wear black dresses--or do think the intention is to show that mourning is evil?
The racial slurs come into play when the characters relate to Monstatos who is a Moor. Historically Monstatos was bearded and/or painted black (not the same as the black-face in the earliest 20th century). The Austrians didn't think very highly of the moors because of the wars in their not-so-distant history.
Some people say that Monstatos was a slave of Sarastro, but that doesn't jive because Monstatos is given superiority over many slaves.
Mozart in Heaven On December, 5 of 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Entered heaven, as a circus artist, doing extraordinary acrobatics riding a miraculous white horse. Astonished, the little angels was saying: What happened? What did not happened? Unseen melodyes have flyed on the Supplementary Superiors lines of the stave. A moment was suspended in the ineffable Contemplation. The Virgin kissed him on the forehead. And, since then, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the younger of angels M. Bandeira
Thanks for sharing this. I hadn't seen it either. I thought it was very enjoyable. The English adaptation is suitable, if not entirely perfect. The cast's performances were wonderfully entertaining, & the casting itself was splendid. My only objection is to the unfitting portrayal itself. why wouldn't you just present a more reverent treatment, in realm of a fantasy piece, like Lord of the Rings, or Legend, but with a lighter feel? I just don't get it, nor do I care for direction style either.
I don't know why people thumbed you down. You have a valid opinion and aren't just saying, "this sucks".
I thought this was a cool movie, with the exception of it having been made politically correct. Lines referencing Monostatos' blackness were omitted, and blacks as minor characters don't belong here, even in this more-modern WWI setting!
Maybe Branagh was making up for his portrayal of the Nazi General Heydrich in "Conspiracy" by removing the racism from this masterpiece.
Thank you so much for uploading this! I have been looking for it for so long. I live in Australia and I haven't been able to find it anywhere! It's so nice to be able to watch it, even in not-so-good quality online, at least until I can find it on DVD!
Certified Intergalactic! The Branagh Star!
Dogaradodia 6 months ago
So did Field Marshal Haig finally get his drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin?
Thanks for uploading. I've longed to see this ever since I first heard about it, before it even began filming, but there's no way of getting it in the U.S.
Nullifidian 8 months ago
lolz. not did they make the german opera english, but they had to kill germans in the rewrite. I want to see this movie now. Its funny on so many different levels.
toogoodbw 8 months ago
they are just entertainment for the pilots
TheSucker9991 1 year ago
they are just entertainment for the pilots
TheSucker9991 1 year ago
The meeting of geniuses... This is simply amazing. The clash between such well-known music and a truly original setting is out of this world. Hats off!!!
konigstephan 1 year ago
this is incredibly well done. i don't know much about operas being made into movies but i doubt anyone's ever done it like this
thesir27 1 year ago
Such wonderfull music with such much death and agony on the battlefield. Odd mix!
HerrWarja 1 year ago
Oh LOL at the orchestra playing the overture while marching in full uniform!! XD I wish our orchestra would do that...
ReginaCaelestis 2 years ago 12
thanks!! wonderful good sound and image, you have la boheme with rolando villazon & anna netrebko??' .... please please!!! upload!!!... I'm chilean opera fan......saludos desde Chile!!! y que viva la Opera!!
GospelOperayRomance 2 years ago
Removing the racism is the only way some of us can watch this masterpiece. For those of us with weaker stomachs, all that can be enjoyed otherwise is individual arias and ensemble pieces.
P1B1U1H1 2 years ago
P1: Historical works should not be updated to conform to a sick worldview. If the absurd ideas of tolerance and equality don't vanish, humanity will be a mass of uncultured mud people; this "browning" is already undeniably underway.
"A racist is a man who believes in history, genetics, and his eyes." - Voltaire
"Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact." - Balzac
PS: Don't confuse racism with prejudice; I don't support or advocate the latter.
podx990 2 years ago
The racism you appear to applaud precluded my paying large amounts of money to see The Magic Flute. Viewers with eyes could not stomach history's lies being celebrated on the stage. Most left such performances openly disgusted or with faux insouciant expressions. The Met in NY did a good job changing the libretto as well.
P1B1U1H1 2 years ago
@P1B1U1H1
It is sad, but society as a whole was accepting of such racial slurs in the past. In college we had to clean up a couple Gilbert and Sullivan operettas for such built-in slurs.
iupetre 1 year ago
@iupetre Assuredly, the world does change and all must place things within their time. The racism of Love For Three Oranges is acceptable in that way simply because it plays a very minor role in the overall opera; one can overlook that and still enjoy the absurdity. . With the Magic Flute, by contrast, racism was the entire theme. The lyrics simply had to be changed or no one could actually sit through a performance.
P1B1U1H1 1 year ago
@P1B1U1H1I must disagree with your assertion that "racism was the entire theme" in the Magic Flute.
The main them is the struggle of a prince in a strange and foreign land to search for his love. There are rituals in the opera that are illustrations of Masonic rituals. In fact, there are many illusions to Free Masonry. The ending and beginning of opera is in E-flat which has three flats, three being an important number is Free Masonry.
iupetre 1 year ago
@iupetre You are correct. The phrasing should be "the racism, as viewed by the modern eye, percolates through the original Magic Flute, written at the peak of the slave trade. In Love for Three Oranges, it is present in a few songs, which a readily altered without much problem." Changing times can affect views without condemnation; the first act of Prince Igor is horrific; comfort stems from knowing the Khan eventually slaughters them.
P1B1U1H1 1 year ago
@P1B1U1H1
There is no racism at all in the magic Flute. Light and dark operate as masonic symbols for good and evil. Monostatos is black because he is a failure, not a failure because he is black. Its the same as when the Queen and the Ladies wear black dresses--or do think the intention is to show that mourning is evil?
HConstantine 1 year ago
@P1B1U1H1
The racial slurs come into play when the characters relate to Monstatos who is a Moor. Historically Monstatos was bearded and/or painted black (not the same as the black-face in the earliest 20th century). The Austrians didn't think very highly of the moors because of the wars in their not-so-distant history.
Some people say that Monstatos was a slave of Sarastro, but that doesn't jive because Monstatos is given superiority over many slaves.
iupetre 1 year ago
@P1B1U1H1 The main theme of the Magic Flute is in that last section of the Finale: true virtue overrides surreptitious power.
The underlying theme is the hidden references to Free Masonry.
The racial slurs are superficial to the plot and sadly were placed in the opera to fit the times.
iupetre 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this, operafan1975.
Gollimopple 2 years ago 13
They were right about this adaptation:
World War One!
JupiterIV 2 years ago
Artis4n 2 years ago
Certified Intergalactic!
Dogaradodia 2 years ago 2
Thanks for sharing this. I hadn't seen it either. I thought it was very enjoyable. The English adaptation is suitable, if not entirely perfect. The cast's performances were wonderfully entertaining, & the casting itself was splendid. My only objection is to the unfitting portrayal itself. why wouldn't you just present a more reverent treatment, in realm of a fantasy piece, like Lord of the Rings, or Legend, but with a lighter feel? I just don't get it, nor do I care for direction style either.
amunra71 3 years ago 3
I don't know why people thumbed you down. You have a valid opinion and aren't just saying, "this sucks".
I thought this was a cool movie, with the exception of it having been made politically correct. Lines referencing Monostatos' blackness were omitted, and blacks as minor characters don't belong here, even in this more-modern WWI setting!
Maybe Branagh was making up for his portrayal of the Nazi General Heydrich in "Conspiracy" by removing the racism from this masterpiece.
j67123 3 years ago
Is the music performed on period instruments?
guerino07 3 years ago
yes it is, and the tuning is different as a result (it sounds a half-step sharper, in E Major instead of the original E-flat Major)
ilmaestro18 3 years ago
Thank you so much for uploading this! I have been looking for it for so long. I live in Australia and I haven't been able to find it anywhere! It's so nice to be able to watch it, even in not-so-good quality online, at least until I can find it on DVD!
Thanks!
puffingpod 3 years ago