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unusual facts about Die Zauberflöte



Alessandro Corbelli

Although primarily associated with Italian-language comic roles, Corbelli’s résumé shows his wide-ranging interests and versatility, including French and German roles (Sulpice in Donizetti's La fille du regiment, Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte), Baroque opera (Seneca in Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea) and a twentieth-century English-language opera (Nick Shadow in Stravinsky’s The Rake's Progress).

Giovanni de Gamerra

De Gamerra is also said to have been the first translator of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte into Italian.

Kai Rüütel

Her other roles at the ROH in the 2010/11 season included Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte conducted by Sir Colin Davis, and Dorothée in Cendrillon.

Ken George

He has translated numerous hymns and songs into Cornish, and also the lyrics of Die Zauberflöte.

Kristinn Sigmundsson

The bass has made a number of recordings, including Sarastro in Arnold Östman's version of the Magic Flute, and Commendatore in his version of Don Giovanni.

Sackbut

This includes the Requiem (K626, 1791), Great Mass in C minor (K423, 1783), Coronation Mass (C major) (K317, 1779), several other masses, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (K339, 1780), Vesperae de Dominica, his arrangement of Handel's Messiah plus two of his three great operas: Don Giovanni (K527, 1787) and Die Zauberflöte (K620, 1791).

Simona Houda-Šaturová

She was a member of the Prague State Opera (PSO) from 1994 to 1998 where she portrayed such roles as Adele Die Fledermaus, Angelica in Orlando furioso, Frasquita in Carmen, Leni in Gottfried von Einem's The Trial, Oscar in Un ballo in maschera, and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte.


see also

Tamino

Tamino, the main character (a prince and hero), in the opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (the name of the character seems to be Italian)