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Live from the Met: The Magic Flute From the Metropolitan Opera
House, New York, a production of Mozart's pantomime-like opera about a search for truth and light, religious sects, attempted suicide and rape, magic musical instruments, a birdcatcher. a coloratura monarch and a slain serpent. Performed in German.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conductor Charles Mackerras
Act
7.45 The Met Opera Quiz
Steven Blier is in the chair for a special Christmas edition of the quiz, putting listeners' questions to Randall Behr and Brian Zeger.
SEND QUESTIONS TO: Met Opera Quiz. FOR Station. PO Box 805, New York. NY 10150. USA
8.10 Act 2

Contributors

Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Unknown:
Steven Blier
Unknown:
Randall Behr
Unknown:
Brian Zeger.
Pamina:
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Papageno:
Matthias Goerne (baritone)
Sarastro:
Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Tamino:
Paul Groves (tenor)
Speaker:
Alan Held (baritone)
Priests:
James Courtney (bass)
Priests:
Bernard Fitch (tenor)
Queen of the Night:
Laura Aikin (soprano)
Ladies:
Julia Faulkner (soprano)
Ladies:
Jane Bunnell (mezzo)
Ladies:
Delores Ziegler (mezzo)
Papagena:
Yvonne Gonzales (soprano)
Monostatos:
Dennis Petersen (tenor)
Men in Armour:
Thomas Studebaker (tenor)
Men in Armour:
Richard Vernon (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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