The Magic Flute

Alternate title(s):
Foreign Title: Die Zauberflöte
Date: January 01, 2012 to December 31, 2012
Dates Note: 2012
Country of Origin: Italy
Place of Origin: Italy
Languages: German
Color: Color
Silent: No
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Directed for television by Patrizia Carmine

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Orchestrating Time: The Films of William Kentridge
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William Kentridge’s inspired direction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s magnificent The Magic Flute originally premiered at Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, in 2005, and was later filmed for television at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Kentridge described the process: “The preliminary work on the drawings and animations for Zauberflöte were done in my studio in Johannesburg and tested on a model of the stage with wooden cut out figures. . . . One of the main unanswered questions was how to find a good relationship between the live singers and the projected drawings, so that the projections are not just backdrops . . . and that the live performer and projection are not at odds.” 

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