Mozart's The Magic Flute Story (1994)

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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.

V.I.E.W. Video is proud to present this enhanced DVD version of Mozart's The Magic Flute Story, created especially to introduce young audiences to the wonderful world of opera. Lavish sets and costumes compliment Mozart's brilliant score and unforgettable cast of comic characters.

Elementary General Music Teacher is Disappointed

I purchased this video to supplement a composer lesson about Mozart. The video is an abridged version of the Mozart opera, The Magic Flute. I was disappointed by the poor video quality and poor production values. One of the reasons I purchased an abridged version is that the full opera would be much to lengthy for elementary school audiences and I thought I would be able to show this in its entirity due to its abbreviated length, but the video is so poor, it failed to capture even my interest as an ADULT with two music degrees (one in vocal music performance, no less). I DO NOT recommend this video. It is useful to be shown in short excerpts only. It is definitely not worth using the precious little funds you may already receive for equipment/supplies. August 3, 2007

My child loves it

After reading the reviews here, I rented a copy from Netflix. My 4 year old son was entranced, despite the opera being in German. When he started walking around the house singing the Queen of the Night's aria, I ordered our own copy.

While I agree that it is not the best it could be, my son loves opera and wants to learn more. That, to me, is one of the best justifications for buying it. He loves the other Classical Kids CDs as well. July 19, 2007

Language for kids?

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. July 8, 2007

My mistake

It was not what i thought it would be. I was looking for something from "Classical Kids". That is my mistake. January 4, 2007

Not worth your money!!

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. April 3, 2006

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