Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to The Magic Flute
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to The Magic Flute
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Musical Examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Conception and Context
- Part II Music, Text, and Action
- Part III Approaches and Perspectives
- Part IV Reception, Interpretation, and Influence
- 17 Zauberflöte: A Cultural Phenomenon in an Age of Revolution
- 18 The Magic Flute in Biography, Criticism, and Literature
- 19 The Elusive Compositional History of The Magic Flute
- 20 Staging The Magic Flute
- 21 Ingmar Bergman’s Film Version of The Magic Flute
- Further Reading
- Index
20 - Staging The Magic Flute
from Part IV - Reception, Interpretation, and Influence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2023
- The Cambridge Companion to The Magic Flute
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to The Magic Flute
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Musical Examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Conception and Context
- Part II Music, Text, and Action
- Part III Approaches and Perspectives
- Part IV Reception, Interpretation, and Influence
- 17 Zauberflöte: A Cultural Phenomenon in an Age of Revolution
- 18 The Magic Flute in Biography, Criticism, and Literature
- 19 The Elusive Compositional History of The Magic Flute
- 20 Staging The Magic Flute
- 21 Ingmar Bergman’s Film Version of The Magic Flute
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
“Staging The Magic Flute” examines the production history of Mozart’s opera over more than two centuries, from its 1791 premiere to 2019. It focuses especially on productions of The Magic Flute since 1970 and the critical reactions they have provoked, and asks if there can ever be a definitive staging of this iconic work. Productions discussed in detail range from Barrie Kosky’s radical “silent movie” version for the Komische Oper Berlin to August Everding and David McVicar’s long-running fairytale-Enlightenment stagings for (respectively) the Bavarian State Opera and The Royal Opera. Among the many other directors and designers discussed are Marc Chagall, Ingmar Bergman, David Hockney, Peter Sellars, Pierre Audi, Julie Taymor, Peter Stein, and Simon McBurney.
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- The Cambridge Companion to The Magic Flute , pp. 319 - 332Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023