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Mozart: “The Magic Flute“ ,Australian Opera (1986) Richard Bonynge, Sydney Elizabethan Orchestra (Recorded 21st August, 1986, Sydney Opera House) Sarastro — Donald Shanks Tamino — Gran Wilson Speaker — John Pringle First Priest — Robin Donald Second Priest — John Pringle Queen of the Night — Christa Leahmann Pamina — Yvonne Kenny First Lady — Nicola Ferner-Waite Second Lady — Patricia Price Third Lady — Rosemary Gunn Papageno — John Fulford Papagena — Peta Blyth Monostatos — Graeme Ewer First Boy — Anthony Phipps Second Boy — Andrew Wentzel Third Boy — Cameron Phipps First Armoured Man — Sergei Baigildin Second Armoured Man — Geoffrey Crook The production was by Göran Järvefelt. The stage designs and costumes were by Karl Friedrich Oberle. The English translation was by Adrian Mitchell. =============== ACT 1: 0:00:00 — Introduction 0:01:11 — Overture 0:08:13 — No. 1: “O save me, O save me, for death is upon me!“ (Introduction) 0:14:51 — No. 2: “My name is known throughout this land“ (Aria) 0:21:54 — No. 3: “Enchanting picture, full of grace“ (Aria) 0:26:33 — No. 4: “Be not afraid, my dearest son“ (Recitative and Aria) 0:31:32 — No. 5: “Hm! Hm! Hm! Hm-hm-hm!“ (Quintet) 0:38:14 — No. 6: “O look at me, my dearest dove!“ (Trio) 0:43:29 — No. 7: “A manly heart is filled with beauty“ (Duet) 0:47:02 — No. 8: “Here lies the road which you must take“ (Finale) 0:50:52 — No. 8: “O stranger, I must ask of you“ (Finale) 0:57:20 — No. 8: “How strongly falls your magic spell“ (Finale) 1:00:08 — No. 8: “Stealthy footsteps, quick as light“ (Finale) 1:05:16 — No. 8: “Sir, full of guilt I kneel to you“ (Finale) 1:08:09 — No. 8: “You haughty youth, just come this way!“ (Finale) ACT 2: 1:11:56 — No. 9: March of the Priests 1:16:15 — No. 10: “O Isis and Osiris“ (Aria and Chorus) 1:19:11 — No. 19: “And will we never meet again?“ (Trio) 1:26:17 — No. 11: “Beware of women and their scheming“ (Duet) 1:27:15 — No. 12: “Why, why, why have you sought this place of pain?“ (Quintet) 1:32:17 — No. 13: “Love is common to all races“ (Aria) 1:34:41 — No. 14: “The wrath of hell within my heart I’ll cherish“ (Aria) 1:39:27 — No. 15: “Within this holy temple“ (Aria) 1:47:19 — No. 16: “Here we have come with warmest greetings“ (Trio) 1:50:40 — No. 17: “Ah, I know that all is ended“ (Aria) 1:56:05 — No. 18: “O Isis and Osiris, break the darkness“ (Chorus) 2:00:10 — No. 20: “A wife to kiss or marry“ (Aria) 2:06:43 — No. 21: “Now marching down the road of morning“ (Finale) 2:12:40 — No. 21: “Those passing by these arduous roads“ (Finale) 2:16:37 — No. 21: “Tamino mine! Oh, wondrous joy!“ (Finale) 2:20:16 — No. 21: “We traveled through the fiery furnace“ (Finale) 2:23:12 — No. 21: “Papagena! Papagena! Papagena!“ (Finale) 2:29:23 — No. 21: “Pa-pa-pa“...“Pa-pa-pa“ (Finale) 2:32:12 — No. 21: “With quiet tread and lowered voices“ (Finale) 2:34:14 — No. 21: “The radiance of morning“ (Finale) =============== “Die Zauberflöte“ (“The Magic Flute“) is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It was first performed at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna on 30th September, 1791, just two months before the composer’s premature death.
