Die Zauberflöte is the 6th installment by the DG company after their very successful productions of Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Le Nozze di Figaro, and La Clemenza di Tito.
The German publication “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” praised Villazón’s “comic talent” in his first Papageno, “achieving ‘heights of emotion’ with the captivating Regula Mühlemann’s Papagena”, as well as the “magical tenor” of Klaus Florian Vogt as Tamino, Christiane Karg’s “lyrically perfect Pamina” and the “imposing” Franz-Josef Selig’s Sarastro. Nézet-Séguin “is a genuine Mozartian … and rolling out a red carpet for the singers”.
In this production of Zauberfloete, Christiane Karg appears again, much to my own delight.
Here is Ms. Karg in a brief sample where you can admire her voice; the rest is unfortunately in German…
