The Magic Flute - 'Pa-, pa-, pa-, Papageno' duet (Mozart; Gansch, Williams; The Royal Opera)

Mozart’s glorious opera is brought enchantingly to life in David McVicar’s production with beautiful designs by John Macfarlane. Christina Gansch and Roderick Williams sing the 'Pa-, pa-, pa-, Papageno' duet. Subscribe to our channel and find out more at www.roh.org.uk....
Mozart wrote Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) for a suburban theatre in Vienna, the Theater auf der Wieden. He drew on the magical spectacle and earthy comedy of popular Viennese theatre. As well as being a comedy, The Magic Flute is an expression of Mozart’s profound spiritual beliefs: Enlightenment concerns with the search for wisdom and virtue are at the heart of this enchanting tale. The Magic Flute was an instant success with audiences and Mozart’s supposed rival Salieri described it as an ‘operone’ - a great opera.
David McVicar’s classic production embraces both the seriousness and comedy of Mozart’s work. The audience is transported to a fantastical world of dancing animals, flying machines and dazzlingly starry skies. The setting provides a wonderful backdrop for Mozart’s kaleidoscopic score, from the Queen of the Night’s coloratura fireworks to Tamino and Pamina’s lyrical love duets and Papageno’s hearty, folksong-like arias.

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[@johanna8703]

I'm from Germany and first I thought these are german singers to because the pronunciation is very good. It's lovely❤️Bravo!!!

[@Benman2785]

same here ;)

[@1DarkBlossom]

So did I. Amazingly sung

[@anikaw.2964]

The woman is actually from Austria :)

[@1DarkBlossom]

@@anikaw.2964 Funny. Stil amazed by the guy’s pronunciation

[@jak.cr1ym]

@@anikaw.2964 so was mozart :)

[@Xemptuous]

This was the greatest recorded performance ive yet found, and the full version got taken down recently. Such a shame, because no other performances compare to this one, with all actors being 100% on point, as well as the conducting/interpretation. I would pay good money to have a copy of this recording, because we might never see another of such greatness (atleast no others exist online that Ive found) EDIT: they sell dvd copies of the full performance online. Easiest purchase I've ever made, and I don't even buy my sheetmusic.

[@esquirroupetitossau-iraty2822]

Do you happen to have a link on hand?

[@nepntzerZer]

You got ripped off

[@TinySwanGrandAdventures]

I need the purchase link like yesterday!

[@tru1072]

I love how psyched they are to see each other. #goals

[@yoavshati]

Apparently, Mozart initially just had them shout each other's names a few times at the start, but the librettist (who also played Papageno) suggested that they should be so excited to see each other that they couldn't even say the whole name at first

[@felixfourcolor]

​@@yoavshati do you have source?

[@drugleman601]

@@felixfourcoloryour mom

[@stepaushi]

@@drugleman601 👎

[@randomstuff4805]

​@@drugleman601saved for my cringe compilation!

[@Miku_let_me_out_the_basement]

oh how much this inspires me to draw a chicken

[@daniellecozzetto5802]

Noon Sun Just look in the mirror for reference.

[@Mousy677]

highly underrated comment

[@jimwigler]

Screw You

[@queenofthenight3518]

Noon Sun love XD

[@chloe-de8yo]

Omg 😂😂

[@JCJC-mk3qh]

Papageno is my spirit persona. When I heard the "WHOA" when he sees Papagena, that's the same feeling I get when my crush likes me back (which never happened, unfortunately).

[@puppydog12000]

look at this PAPAGENA Programming Environment for Applications of Parallel Genetic Algorithms

[@nickrockway472]

lmfao

[@brendancasey5951]

The man a dude ,Germany has always produced good music from Motzard to Ramestein in fact it's a great place visit.😊

[@vyan7258]

Gansch is an absolute standout. She, along with Williams, brings this piece to LIFE. Best performance I've seen on this piece. Everyone is praising the one with Roth and Le Roi, but the better part of that performance are the costumes. I think they should have been in matching outfits here, but the performance is spot on. Brilliant!

[@saatsakimaria9987]

Pe-pe-pe-perfect!!!!!

[@TrollMeister_]

A composition of genius like no other.

[@troygaspard6732]

One of the most joyous songs in opera.

[@hildaelson4203]

Alternative title: how to quack in style

[@m0zarts-animation]

I love their energy!!! My favorite version :)

[@Navarrovsky]

0:26

[@walthervanlieshout4635]

Diese Aufführung wird voll und ganz dem gerecht, was Mozart im Sinn hatte: Leidenschaft, Lust und Sehnsucht nach seinen eigenen Kindern.

[@brianjackson8394]

I actually did a one-act play of The Magic Flute in middle school, I played Papageno. I want to see this opera!!

[@nuril5985]

There's no greater joy than to be blessed by Paganini

[@arresteddevelopment2158]

How old was I when Papa and Momma brought The Magic Flute on video cassette home for us to watch? I think I was 11.😊. RIP Papa.

[@RadagonTheRed]

Mozart wrote this whilst under the influence of laudanum (opium tincture) - it definitely shows!

[@wrennobrien2077]

Yes, I remember that night well , Mozart got a Hayden cos he Beethoven in the Bach with a Handel. We were all a bit high to be fair. Set fire to the piano as well. Scandal 😅😊😊

[@KGraceSpeaksKea1335]

I didn't know that😂makes sense

[@alanoneill3065]

did he include the children?

[@Mousy677]

what could be more wholesome than this

[@alanoneill3065]

with the children observing the proceedings hmm is that what you do?

[@KSfan4ever]

Simon Keenlyside's uniquely enchanting, athletic, and superbly sung Papageno is the gold standard for me in this role.

[@aelrickofoid6733]

Mozart was an incredible compozer 225 years after his death his music is still so prevalent. I think it is really sad that for many millenial's and Generations Zs his music is irrelevant and does not matter to them. I feel blessed to be the exceptional 31 year old man who has embraced his music and realize how relevant his music is today in the present and the great joy it brings me.

[@will7258]

Beautifully done, sound is fantastic.

[@heinkaal7282]

Warmest music ever combined! WA pur sang!

[@Menckenperson]

Traveling from Boston and will be seeing it

[@jackjohnhameld6401]

This is the production I want to see when air travel is back to the New Normal.

[@maribelgonzalez8670]

😊☝👏👏👏💓 thanks for sharing video 🌹😊.

[@kl3321]

2:09 she makes sure the girl doesn't fall off

[@s1naaaa]

POV u have to hear this for music and u have to draw this Me drawing a chicken

[@WenwenDu]

I named my puppy Papageno after this:)

[@Cicadapaparazzi]

Oh crap thats what i should have named min3

[@SoEepyy]

I dont really get her outfit

[@sgtmajvimy]

Coffxs you need to see the whole thing. Would explain it. Part of that production, not part of Mozart’s work.

[@hannahvasby-burnie2477]

Yeah I don't get it either. Even in context. If they wanted her to look fancy she should have worn a massive Georgian dress with a massive wig, it would look hilarious, fit with the character and with the setting

[@nurten5903]

@@hannahvasby-burnie2477 yes totally agree!

[@belaorhideja4020]

@@sgtmajvimy I have seen it but I still didnt find it suitable

[@miauxxhd1104]

You'll see what Mozart was trying to represent with these characters is the simple and humbel life of the low class that just want to find their "papageno" and have little papagenos, so the outfit is the most simple and vulgar as it could be.

[@k.auan2375]

It was so lovely!

[@Milstein2008]

OMG so funny!!!! Great performance!

[@Violinist265]

What a cute little diabolic couple 😂😂😂😂

[@charlottadai6802]

Im singing this for my choir , we are doing the alto part

[@salvo-k6o]

Wonderful!!!!!!!!

[@iskendershekinskiy8286]

Bravo!

[@stp926]

Bravo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

[@AmakaCordis101]

Beautiful!❤🎉

[@dpmuir9748]

such energy and skill as singers engages any audience, educated in opera or not. superb! how I wish I could watch the entire performance online. does anyone know of a recording on blu-ray or dvd of this?

[@arresteddevelopment2158]

I remember this sequence so well. 😂😂😂😂

[@tramejuvenil7796]

What an amazing play sing and directing 😁

[@eduardoflores6609]

Es la Papagena más buena que he visto

[@markceaser8073]

Beautiful.

[@rogerioaraujo659]

até chorei vendo essa cena magnífica. E sorri também. Linda demais.

[@KrebSDani]

Really nice

[@dietusk2953]

Pure joy of love and life. Perfect!!!

[@isabellas.c.scanderbeg2670]

Wonderful interpretation ✨✨✨💫

[@jeanpierrezutter587]

Beautiful !!

[@aneashumm203]

this is so beautiful

[@kwanzatrotman6337]

[@abygalemoon6689]

God damned brilliant

[@danenache8702]

Wonderful 😊

[@karolins5040]

pov: it's a royal opera but you're German and you think it's so cool that you understand everything and 😂😅

[@ldiatone]

LOVE both versions this one and w/ Simon Keenlyside

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Papageno is about to get it on with Papagena

[@laurodetebas585]

Lustig Mozart 😅

[@kennethfrawley]

Super!

[@peteradaniel]

0:51 she got a little bit too close to his body mic’. Why are they microphoned? Is this going to be broadcast to cinema?

[@RoyalBalletAndOpera]

Hi Alex. This clip was taken from a live cinema relay, where microphones are used to capture the performance.

[@manicmamc291]

Terrible isn’t it? They have to justify micing their OPERA singers.

[@manicmamc291]

Jsw DCI Drums this opera has been performed for CENTURIES exactly as is and has never “required” a microphone until they became obsessed with marketing and making their singers look good rather than sound good. It does no justice to their voices and encourages them to sing like mosquitoes.

[@Muttonchop_USA]

@@manicmamc291 Opera singers are given mics for broadcast, not amplification. And Simon Keenlyside can be heard without amplification.

[@manicmamc291]

Hal L why is a body microphone needed for an opera broadcast when in the 1940’s and earlier, house mics were constantly used with no problem?

[@hewhewman211]

Braaaaavoooooo!....

[@lunarebony6122]

ppl who listen only to pop music: 'opera is so high and refined and elegant and old and modest i could never with how strict it is' opera: same thing with mozart and ppl thinking mozart is refined and posh and stuff. Reminder of that one party song he wrote... not a surprise that he wrote this opera

[@enio5966]

Milhões de vezes parabéns 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😃

[@katjaaittaniemi1486]

Love Art Thank you !

[@THEcucufate]

Ahhh....so *that's* what Raiden was saying when he did his flying move in Mortal Kombat I the game.

[@puppydog12000]

I love

[@robertlozyniak3661]

I like how this song actually sounds *cheerful* and not stuffy. Usually opera sounds stuffy. (Really, who decided it should sound stuffy?) The impression of cheerfulness seems to come as much from the acting as from the music, which leads me to wonder: did Mozart do only the music, or did he also do the choreography? Who actually did the choreography?

[@erinsheahogan]

Looks like the characters from moonrise kingdom if I’m recalling the right thing!!

[@erinsheahogan]

Charming. Loved it!

[@OccyDaBoss]

nice

[@masterlordclaw]

Is the Queen of Winter Night and Papagina the same singer? I am not certain but if they are the same. OMG amazing!

[@1traveler888]

Bravo!!!

[@65NART]

I first saw this duet on a Talent Show in the West Indies. It won and that was the beginning of my love affair with Opera.

[@dr.taniabielak396]

Beautiful performance but those costumes could have been a bit better thought out, especially papagena’s (poor thing trying to concentrate on singing while not giving the audience a full frontal) not sure what the costume designers were thinking ?!

[@rodicam7789]

Reizend!

[@Cicadapaparazzi]

I'm surprised papagena Agreed to have that many children

[@metallicbond6325]

莫札特的《魔笛》 捕鳥人Papageno(男中音)

[@therat4890]

This is a very niche part of my childhood ngl

[@1983arles]

Who's watching in 2024

[@barakah08]

😍😍😍😍😍

[@AspieGirlArianaHale]

Please tell me which exact version this is from (& if possible, where I can find it), as I would truly appreciate it! The whole thing used to be on KZbin somewhere, but they seem to have deleted it very recently; which is a shame, because both me & my little chihuahua loved watching it together! 😥💔🐕

[@100mondschein]

It's from the Royal Opera Hall (2017 i think). They uploaded it to youtube a week ago. You can watch it until the 6th January.

[@harrisonalexanderwebster8673]

It’s on at the moment. It’s a spectacular show

[@brendancasey5951]

To hell with those knobends,long as you enjoy the maestro's wonderful music😂

[@lucasstuppamancinelli7629]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@laketheislander9538]

I am not as sure but I think they are talking about how they want to or have many children?

[@brunoheggli2888]

You are right!

[@SarahBeam-v7n]

1:59

[@SarahBeam-v7n]

2:08

[@catherineogbeni5886]

God has a partner for everyone : just be patient 😂😂

[@enio5966]

Parabéns 🥳👏🥳👏🥳🥳👏👏👏👏👏 parabéns 🥳🥳🥳

[@Benman2785]

very good pronounciation ;)

[@Thestephouse1]

❤

[@DogFoxHybrid]

Papagena be lookin' thicc.

[@JuuC]

Why is he using a microphone?

[@Franzibries]

Ju AC because he has text to say. If characters have to speak, they often have microphones in big productions

[@dorphmusiker3715]

Because it is broadcasted, I suppose.

[@coyotefever105]

Amadeus brought me here

[@РусланРусланович-р5ю]

Папагено олигофрен, это что-то новенькое.

[@loomiere-gs1qc]

this was way cooler when i didn't knew what this was about.. ngl

[@awolters5827]

came here from a meme about SQQ singing about LBH SVSSS is wild

[@onehundredtrevigintillionfan]

i-i-i-i don’t kn-kn-kn-know what you’re ta-ta-ta-talking about

[@jessicamosleyshewman9641]

On guard pull my Wang out

[@chaniquelek6635]

and then my parents came in asking what the hell i am watching

[@fernandofernandeztorres707]

If you don't dedicate this to your girl, we're bad

[@edmundbloxam2714]

Pa Pa? Nicole!

[@warot359]

Me gusta la expresión de locos psicópatas que tienen todos, me recuerda a la gente del manicomio.

[@pastel30]

Link full opera??

[@Ariana-sl1kq]

Why is she wearing a modern costume? Does anyone know?