Mozart's The Magic Flute Story

Starring:Gewandhaus Orchestra
Studio: View Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The Dove Foundation Family Approved Seal
N.A.I.R.D. Award Finalist
The Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence
The Coalition For Quality Children's Video: Kids First! Endorsement
PARENT'S CHOICE APPROVED

This skillfully abridged adaptation of Mozart's brilliant comic opera will delight the whole family with brand-new English narration to guide children through the story, and arias sung in the original German. This is the tale of Prince Tamino and Princess Pamina, young lovers who use the powers of a magic flute to battle the forces of evil that threaten to keep them apart.

Description

WINNER OF...
The Dove Foundation Family Approved Seal
N.A.I.R.D. Award Finalist
The Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence
The Coalition For Quality Children's Video: Kids First! Endorsement
PARENT'S CHOICE APPROVED

Customer Reviews:

Language for kids?.......2007-07-08

This was sold as a recommendation for children. It was performed in German(?). While it did have a English narrator a child couldn't follow it.

My mistake.......2007-01-04

It was not what i thought it would be. I was looking for something from "Classical Kids". That is my mistake.

Not worth your money!!.......2006-04-04

I found this version at the library and decided to check it out. I was amazed at how bad it was. For one thing, they changed the story around which was bothersome. The singing is really bad, and I think the thing that that bothered me the most is the strange costumes (Tamino looks like an elf!) I also hated all the strange creatures that come out, instead of animals coming out when Tamino plays his flute, they have people prancing out on stage dressed as who knows what. The whole thing was just horrible, costumes, the set, everything...and a lot of times when the commentator is explaining a certain part, it'll be playing a whole different aria (or the wrong part of the aria.) The whole thing is so chopped up, and the DVD is more blurry and grainy than I've ever seen anything on DVD before. I wouldn't buy it or even waste yout time getting it from the library. You're better off buying a REAL production on DVD of the Magic Flute for your kids, such as the one at the Met with Kathleen Battle.

Not really for kids.......2006-02-24

This product advertises that it is for children, but the commentator talks through most of the excerpts, and my children (3 different classes) found it boring.

Don't waste your money.......2005-08-06

I was terribly disappointed with this DVD. The singing and staging is barely adequate, the picture, sound quality, and sound direction are all second rate. Some of the arias were cut off prematurely and the transitions into the next scene were poorly done. If your intention is to introduce young people to the story, buy one of the highly recommended DVD's and do your own commentary.

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Mozart's The Magic Flute Story
Starring: Magdalena Falewicz , Heidrun Halx , Herman Christian Polster , Horst Gebhardt , and Dieter Schole
Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005YS99
Release Date: 2002-01-02

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