MOZART – DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Roland Böer – William Kentridge – Teatro alla Scala

With its ninth publication, the “Vox Imago” multimedia project focuses on one of the most beloved composers of all time—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Our 2006 volume examined the first great operatic success of the young Wolfgang, Idomeneo, and in 2007 a masterpiece of his maturity in Le nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro]. This year our choice falls to the final opera by the genius of Salzburg: Die Zauberflöte.

We also reconstruct the final months of his life and investigate the composer’s ideas, interweaving them with the birth of The Magic Flute and its philosophical and musical foundations. Some of the essays in the volume and the Dvd-Rom are dedicated to placing Mozart’s masterwork into the context of contemporary opera production. There are also contributions to the historical, literary, artistic, and cinematographic realms. The Dvd-Rom also includes a translation of the first biographies of the composer, plus a study guide designed for both levels of secondary schools. Our hope is that these materials will help attract young people to the world of opera.