The Magic Flute, Act 2.6 - Finale, Part 2

From the 2006 film of Mozart's The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) directed by Kenneth Branagh, with English libretto and dialogue by Stephen Fry and conducted by James Conlon. Peter Wedd (First Armed Man), Keel Watson (Second Armed Man), Joseph Kaiser (Tamino), Amy Carson (Pamina), René Pape (Sarastro), Lyubov Petrova (Queen of the Night), Tom Randle (Monostatos), Teuta Koço (First Lady), Louise Callinan (Second Lady), Kim-Marie Woodhouse (Third Lady).

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Music

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• mozart
• zauberflote

[UnnaturallyGreen]

I absolutely love the part that starts at about 6:25 *sighhhhh*

[Deathawaitsnoone]

Well I dont know what they're singing but they're singing it brilliantly.

[jessuatwork]

I prefere it in german, but this is still very nice, high culture not like the hollywood and MTV crap that is being produced today

[bpsoccerhottie]

@konigstephan They should be singing in f minor....check your key signature. 3 flats.

[Quotenwagnerianer]

@konigstephan It's the PAL conversion of Film to Video that speeds up the playback and thus makes it appear as if this was recorded a half-tone higher.

[konigstephan]

@purkitten10231 They should be singing in F-major, but they're are actually singing in F-Sharp major

So What??? Welcome to Opera. A world to discover, with its own conventions. This is no Beethoven Sonata. The music, singing, staging are simply gorgeous. Nuff said.

[purkitten10231]

The soprano sounds like she has good technique. I am pretty sure they used some kind of autotune for this whole movie because a lot of sections are a half step higher. They should be singing in F-major, but they're are actually singing in F-Sharp major. The same thing happens in the queen of the night's second aria as far as I know. It makes the sopranos sound like chipmonks. irritating.

[josephonwhidbey]

@tenorjamestaylor I should think that the Gilbert & Sullivan opera singers do rather well with lyric voices.

[tenorjamestaylor]

@josephonwhidbey I really wish that I could comply, but she is simply out matched by her colleagues, and just NOT a good singer. I don't have problems with a soubrette that has color in her voice as a Pamina, but one who has voice and can actually act. This is the problem with British singing. They actually do well with dramatic voices, but cannot teach lyric voices. You can find a thousand young women MUCH better than this here in US conservatories.

[josephonwhidbey]

@tenorjamestaylor The music, story and drama compansate for any shortcommings the women is guilty of. I love this version of the opera.