[ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 6 September 2019
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In 2012 DG started a series of Mozart operas conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and initiated by Rolando Villazón, in collaboration with Festspielhaus Baden Baden and with the generous support of ROLEX.
Die Zauberflöte is the 6th installment, after the very successful productions of Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Grammy Award Nomination), Le Nozze di Figaro (Grammy Award Nomination & Echo Klassik Award) and La Clemenza di Tito.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praised Villazón's "comic talent" in his first Papageno, "achieving 'heights of emotion' with the captivating Regula Mühlemann's Papagena", as well as the "magical tenor" of Klaus Florian Vogt as Tamino, Christiane Karg's "lyrically perfect Pamina" and the "imposing" Franz-Josef Selig's Sarastro. Nézet-Séguin "is a genuine Mozartian ... and rolling out a red carpet for the singers".