Die Zauberflote = The Magic flute / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts the choir and orchestra of the Bayerischen Staatsoper, in this often unsuccesful masterpiece. The director, August Everding, in the 27p. booklet accompanying this video, sees Man, bound together by body and soul, as the principal character of this great drama which describes the road from Nature to Civilisation, and which seeks to reconcile the duality of dark and light, good and evil. The singers include Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberova, Francisco Araiza, Wolfgang Brendel and Kurt Moll. Sung in German.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

August Everding

production company

Unitel

Duration

02:40:00:00

Production places

Germany

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304243

Language

German

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Foreign language films

Music & Performing Arts → Operas

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/83060--die-zauberflote-the-magic-flute-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/ |title=Die Zauberflote = The Magic flute / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=18 April 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Germany, 1983

Please note