It's funny as a german that I can understand the singing in english much better than the original german one. Very good translation and performance!

@vittoriahawksworth8117

2 жыл бұрын

Rather contemporary translation but it works!

That escalated very, very quickly

@theobear3513

4 жыл бұрын

Yup. Too quickly! LOL

@joaovitormatos8147

4 жыл бұрын

Papageno is the king of overreacting

@yumyumwhatzohai

3 жыл бұрын

I think we've all been there being rejected romantically and wanting to just jump off the nearest bridge, difference we just think it lol

@KGraceSpeaksKea1335

4 ай бұрын

😂

"I will decorate this tree with the hanging corpse of me!"

@kathrinstegmayer6308

5 жыл бұрын

Very accurate translation

@Donillini

2 жыл бұрын

I really like this dark humor translation. They kept the rhyme

I remember watching this on PBS when I was about 10 years old, I reallllly like The Magic Flute, I hope I can actually go to see it in a theater one day!

@urmorph

5 жыл бұрын

I hope you can, too, and I'm sure you will. Every human who loves humanity should see this at least once.

"I will decorate this tree with the hanging corpse of me" lives rent-free in my mind

@Illusion66147

5 ай бұрын

I've tried it 3 times....It's not worth it......imagine if you have to com back to try it all again....hold on my friend...lovz yah xx

@kl3321

4 күн бұрын

​@@Illusion66147 you take care of yourself too, friend!

I was 3 years old when I first saw this opera in 2007. Nathan Gunn was my first childhood hero.

English liberetto?! Can you imagine what Mozart would think; writing an opera in a common language for an average audience to understand?! Galling!

@muskatmendelssohn2707

5 жыл бұрын

This is the original cause to why Mozart write Die Zauberflöte in German...

@esejsnake1503

5 жыл бұрын

@@muskatmendelssohn2707 You know that GrixieKong's comment was sarcastic right?

@muskatmendelssohn2707

5 жыл бұрын

@@esejsnake1503 kind of..

@xppp3021

5 жыл бұрын

English the language of us plebs

@douglasbachorik2059

5 жыл бұрын

Galing!

I watched the stream of The Magic Flute in this version recently, and this was the sequence that I delighted in the most. Interesting that it was in English, and the puppetry was just incredible. The duet just keeps running through my head. Loved this!!

Just saw this last night at the Met. Beautiful performance, and the costumes and stage designs were phenomenal.

What a marvelous performance! All performers were fantastic. I loved it!

"Oh Papageno silly man you have one life so live it while you can"

Talented AND handsome! So unfair!

This music prevents from suicide

Can't go wrong with a wicker codpiece.

@urmorph

5 жыл бұрын

As I believe Bach used to say.

OHHHHHHHHHHH SO CUUUUUTE

He's my uncle!!

@eduardocamacho4636

7 жыл бұрын

Tell him I loved his performance!

@finegane1444

7 жыл бұрын

Eduardo lucky you because he's coming to visit tonight

@mothbyte98

7 жыл бұрын

Moustache Millionaire that's so cool. What are holiday gatherings like?

@finegane1444

7 жыл бұрын

ye soft pipes Nothing much usually we all just get together and eat.

@JoeyBlueJoey

7 жыл бұрын

Are you serious?! That's amazing

I think it's sounds better in German but this is an opera with a really good storyline that is meant to be understood while watching so it would make no sense for an English audience to listen to it in German. Well, unless they want to do subtitles (or upper titles) with the translation of the lyrics like they sometimes do for operas nowadays.

@etherealtb6021

Жыл бұрын

I think this version was meant to get US kids interested in opera?

Best English translation ever!

papageno is a teenage mutant ninja turtle in this version

@urmorph

5 жыл бұрын

And which one? Not Rafe, or Mike...maybe Salvador?

I enjoyed the English version much more than I expected.

Wow, a steampunk Magic Flute! Who woulda thunkit of the MET? Very different from the one I saw in 1990.

What a couple of love birds. 🐦 🐦 🐦 🐦

@Donillini

11 ай бұрын

I live for the dumb bird puns in this song. It’s profound and silly at the same time

apart from Magnificent singing there is astonishing staging - at last producers who know how to recreate mozart's fantasy opera

This is amazing. This clip has made me look at opera in a different light.

And, yes, you're cute enough to cuddle.

I do appreciate the captions thanks!!!

This song is stuck in my head ;-;

Just saw The Magic Flute for the third time. I love it.

I think it's nice to hear it in translation, though nothing beats the original language.

@usertogo

5 жыл бұрын

I like this liberal translation actually better than the original, and it makes me very curious to hear the entire opera on this libretto!

@Gaviid

4 жыл бұрын

The translations aren't even that accurate

@Donillini

Жыл бұрын

@@Gaviidit keeps the same rhyming convention

I was watching a performance, and one of the singer's voices reminded me of Papageno, and I had to find this clip again.

This language debate sounds like the one he had in the AMADEUS movie with the Emperor regarding whether the opera (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) should be in GERMAN or ITALIAN.. "it could be in TURKISH if you really want" he says..... hahaha...Nobody gets the genius here - just want to put their opinions on it

@veganmocha

5 жыл бұрын

Christopher Scott that’s exactly what i was thinking 😂

@joseespinoza7289

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite movie

@GM-qq1wi

3 жыл бұрын

This comment screams of 'my introduction to and knowledge of Mozart is entirely thanks to the movie Amadeus"

Какая прелесть! Мелодии льются, одна другой лучше!

Is that really Jim Carrey and Bernadette Peters?

I love Nate!!!

No, it's not the end of your romance. You still have me, Master.

it can be a bit weird and jarring to hear it in English, but this is done for kids in English speaking countries. They're too young to read subtitles/surtitles so this way they can enjoy the opera and understand everything in their own language. it's also for those are visually impaired and can't read the screens. it's a nice idea

I didn't notice it before but...right befote the end he takes off his... ding-a-ling cage The Bird is flying free

They both look so well fed.

Sublime.

The bit you're looking for starts at 5.15

When your parents are yelling at you 0,57

Love this stage design!

The music is superlative. Doesn't get any better than this. Mozart at the height of his powers.... and sadly also at death's door.

great translation!

Wonderful ❤

bravo ...great to hear this in english

J’y étais et... grandiose.

Papageno is about to get it on with his bird girl.

5:07 the entrance! 💕

You know, I may be a purist, but I actually do like the English libretto.

@Zzsmuf

7 жыл бұрын

Artemis Quill At least it is known what is going on☺

@raeannmiller7729

7 жыл бұрын

Artemis Quill i love tis

@s3cr3tpassword

7 жыл бұрын

I watched the entire Met opera. It really started to grow on me when papageno came on

@m4al

7 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@Rallarbusen

7 жыл бұрын

It was written in german instead of italian expressly so the audience would understand the libretto. So I don't ses the problem with translating it into the local language.

Amazing

5:20 imma mark it for my homework.

I like this libretto in English :D

oh la la la ooo papgenu he's my sassafras

@DramaBabe18

7 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly lmao.

Electric!

Wow the English is pretty good

Whoever wrote the libretto... you alright?

@jacksondelong9929

3 жыл бұрын

It’s Mozart

@h0rcrux774

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacksondelong9929 i think they meant the translation

@eirikregalado6061

3 жыл бұрын

It's Amadeus y

@user-cg7gi8ii1j

3 жыл бұрын

Emanuel Schikaneder wrote the libretto, Mozart was a composer.

@JoshFreilich

3 жыл бұрын

The libretto was by Emmanuel Schikaneder. This particular English translation was by J.D. McClatchy.

ça fait étrange d'entendre la flûte enchantée chantée en anglais. :)

@TedinNY

6 жыл бұрын

Why? English and German are related Anglo-Saxon languages with a lot in common. In fact old German sounds a lot like old English.

The way he counts to three reminds me of the Simpsons "This is it. I'm really doin this. No more cries for- HEELLP"

My favourit Opera from Mozart 😊

The Magic Flute is my favorite Mozart opera.

Lo único que falta es que hagan "El coro de boca cerrada" (coro bocca chiusa) en inglés ...

😊❤️❤️💕

5:03 - Duet

Where will one find a tone row in The Magic Flute? I have learned that there is one somewhere, it occurs at a point where some ascending and descending tones converge.

Yank here. Quite good but when it comes to Shakespeare or Opera I am old school.

I love the translation - is the complete opera also online?

@MrSuamps

2 жыл бұрын

It is now on the on demand service of the metropolitan opera

why is zelda's lullaby on his lil box

❤

this is my song

I recently played papagena and I did NOT go like that😅😅

@johnonahotroyin7394

4 жыл бұрын

How did it go? Curious.

@malialefebre643

4 жыл бұрын

John Onah Otroyin it went actually pretty amazing, you can check out my KZread if you wanna see the video!

She's just ever so slightly sharp at times

@krowapaulinka4351

6 жыл бұрын

LesMis101 well better sharp than flat...

Motzart new the score back in 1791....lol

5:45 WHAT IS THIS BLOCKING

👍👍👍🤙

Is the whole video available?

Um...is it me, or does Nathan here look a bit like the green goblin from spider man? Just want to know.

Where can I see the whole of it?

Dadaddadadadaddadadadaddadaaaaaaa

Like me he's playing a left-handed pan flute ‼️ the high notes go to the right----> 😄

Who played Papagena here? They never mentioned her in the cast list.

Who adapted the libretto, does anybody know?

I love it because I speak English is that a simple enough answer for you? Like the kappelmeister said, in the movie Amadeus, German is too brute for singing

@phangirlable

5 жыл бұрын

lol This English translation of the beautiful German Rococo lyrics is brute. It's really unrefined and one-dimensional compared to the original and the three little angels sounded ridiculous when they sound ethereal in German because the sound is completely different.

Definitely not a "Twitter"

Is he doing Mork from Ork?

All these "Mozard didn't even write the libretto" comments are useless and add nothing to the discussion. If it was meant to be performed in English it would have been written that way. But let's sweep aside nearly 250 years history because the man himself didn't write it.

5:05

What is English Libertto? please tell me :/

@sabrinadubois2614

6 жыл бұрын

ピシー The libretto is the words being sung. The libretto can be in any language. The Magic Flute’s (Die Zauberflote) libretto was originally written in German. This libretto is in English.

gewöhnungsbedürftig, die "Zauberflöte" in einer fremden Sprache zu hören.

@Yume2oo5

7 жыл бұрын

Bernd Thorsten ich mag die deutsche originale auch lieber.

@urmorph

6 жыл бұрын

Bernd, you just made that word up. It'll take some getting used to. :

Who is Papagena in this production?

Wow German is so close to English! It’s like I could understand everything!

@johnonahotroyin7394

4 жыл бұрын

This height of sarcasm!

@olgatopchii2975

4 жыл бұрын

This is English BICH

The tree is dead

Mozart la hizo para ser cantada en alemán!!!!!!!!

In inglese... Mozart perdonali perché non sanno quello che fanno😢

Wheres the tasty little dish?

=== ‘나무에 나를 달아 장식하겠다,’는 파파게노의 노래는, 성탄 트리와 대조되며, 섬뜩한 인간 실존의 한계를 드러낸다. 사람이 이길 수 없는 게 있다면 그것은 기다림이다. 인내의 달인 욥마저 기다림에 지쳐 법정으로 하느님을 불러내지 않았던가. 그렇다, 우리는 살아있지만 죽음이 오는 걸 알기에 기다림에서 벗어나려 갈망한다. 절망의 레시피에서 벗어날 자 누구겠는가. 모짜르트 자신이 불과 2개월 후 그 절망 속에서 죽었다. 죽음의 증인이 되는 나무와 생명의 증인인 나무, 성 바오로는 ‘주님께서 나무에 달려 죽으셨다’라고 표현했다. 나를 참아내지 못해 자아를 살인하는 ‘나의’ 행위와, 나를 살리려 죽으시고 생명을 가져오신 ‘그의’ 행위, 사이에서 우리는 예전의 욕정을 잊지 못해 하나의 나무로 다가간다. 성질상 변하는 것과 변하지 않는 게 있다. 전자는 잊고 후자는 지킨다. 분간이 되지 않는다면 모든 걸 잊고 그리스도를 지켜라. .

The original German libretto is much better than English tbh

@arnoldamaral7406

5 жыл бұрын

Bob Machura memet has this incredible ability to transport operas into another alternate universe so scary terrible performance incredible Mozart music ruined. I like the Vienna production Cotrubas James Levine conducting. I thought that was a good cast. I have the DVD propaganda was so good in that one and cotrubas is such a great actress but beautiful voice singing Pamina. A great Queen of the Night excetera excetera excetera

@robidimaculangan2296

5 жыл бұрын

I also like the performance of Detlef Roth and Gaële Les Roi with this papagena. Their voices are much more powerful.

This is the met in English?

I have no problem with English, but opera is music, not lyrics. The words are mostly to literature what limerick are to music. I don’t even like subtitles. If the music can’t tell me all I need to know, the words won’t bail it out.

@urmorph

5 жыл бұрын

If you heard it on radio, and didn't speak the language, you wouldn't even know the plot. Opera is drama. Dramas have plots. The music at any given moment should be in accord with the dramatic action. (The stage direction, too.) Opera producers could save a ton of money if all they needed was music. And you wouldn't have to pay librettists either. The singers could just shout "La la la la..." for four and a half hours. (Also it should be noted that not all libretti are masterpieces, including this one. As Beaumarchais wrote, "What is too silly to be said can be sung.")

@phangirlable

5 жыл бұрын

I get what you mean but this opera, actually all Baroque and Rococo opera does have the emotions AND the great storyline. It's absolutely worth it being able to understand what's going on and what they are actually saying and singing. This is not like classical Italian opera where not much is said within a 10 minute aria.

A fun production, with Nathan Gunn great as usual, but the Three Boys were a disgrace, squeaking away like Alvin and the chipmunks. Isn't there anyone in NY who can teach kids how to actually sing? Or are their parents big contributors?

@pmlouisjuste

5 жыл бұрын

agreed, this is quite bad indeed !!!

@phangirlable

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I agree, that was bad. But I think it's partially because it's in English with a fat American accent. This sound completely different in German, more angelic.