Ileana Cotrubas, Zdislawa Donat, sopranos ; Eric Tappy, tenor ; Christian Boesch, José van Dam, baritones ; Martti Talvela, bass ; supporting soloists ; Vienna State Opera Chorus ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor
Opera in 2 acts.
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, based on: Lulu, oder, Die Zauberflöte / Christoph Martin Wieland.
"The Salzburg Festival production"--Container.
Originally released as CRC4-4586.
Recorded Sept. 1-4, 1980, at the Musikverein, Vienna, Austria.
Die Zauberflote / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Emanuel Schikaneder (Ileana Cotrubas, soprano ; Jose Van Dam, baritone ; Martti Talvela, bass ; Trudeliese Schmidt, mezzo-soprano ; Rachel Yakar, soprano ; Christian Boesch, baritone ; Zdzislawa Donat, soprano ; Ingrid Mayr, mezzo-soprano ; Horst Hiestermann, tenor ; Karl Terkal, tenor ; Peter Weber, baritone ; Horst Nitsche, tenor ; Helge von Bomches, bass ; Markus Huber, boy soprano ; Eric Tappy, tenor ; Gerhard Eder, bass ; Fritz Peschke, vocals ; Gerhard Panzenbock, vocals ; Wolfgang Scheider, vocals ; Tibor Tath, vocals ; Christian Spatzek, vocals ; Elizabeth Kales, soprano ; Thomas Paulsen, boy soprano ; Christian Baumgartner, boy soprano ; James Levine, conductor ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Vienna State Opera Chorus)