1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,020 Poster: "The Magic Flute" for the first time 2 00:00:16,740 --> 00:00:19,100 Vienna 1791 3 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,440 The genius of Mozart 4 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,240 Passion for the stage 5 00:01:07,580 --> 00:01:10,640 The first great stage of Mozart's short life 6 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,640 is a traveling prodigy 7 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,860 a terribly gifted young performer and composer 8 00:01:16,860 --> 00:01:21,200 raised to a genius who worked all his short life, 9 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,080 started rewriting the rules of music 10 00:01:39,620 --> 00:01:41,840 But there is another aspect of Mozart's life: 11 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,120 a mature, open-minded thinker 12 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,840 passionately devoted 12 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,860 and the composer at the height of his impressive abilities, 13 00:01:51,860 --> 00:01:54,200 determined to succeed in the most difficult and 14 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,200 profitable area - 15 00:01:56,540 --> 00:01:57,740 opera. 16 00:01:57,860 --> 00:01:59,180 - Tamino, 17 00:01:59,180 --> 00:02:01,180 How did I offend you? 18 00:02:01,180 --> 00:02:03,020 Don't you love me anymore? 19 00:02:03,460 --> 00:02:04,820 Papageno, 20 00:02:04,820 --> 00:02:07,300 at least tell me what happened to my friend 21 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,900 It's worse than death. 22 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,340 "The Magic Flute", written at the end of his short life, 23 00:02:27,340 --> 00:02:30,320 represents the ultimate manifestation of Mozart's ambitions - 24 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,780 convey the complexity of human life 25 00:02:33,780 --> 00:02:36,340 and the depth of human emotions 26 00:02:36,340 --> 00:02:38,840 through music and theater 27 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,420 10 years earlier Mozart at the crossroads 28 00:02:53,860 --> 00:02:56,480 at 25 he's too old to be a prodigy, 29 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,240 but just to establish himself as a mature composer 30 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,820 So he's in provincial Salzburg 31 00:03:02,820 --> 00:03:06,120 where there is neither a good orchestra nor an opera house 32 00:03:06,220 --> 00:03:08,820 He still lives with his father and sister 33 00:03:09,620 --> 00:03:13,580 Despite nearly a dozen theatrical productions made while in service, 34 00:03:13,580 --> 00:03:16,240 he still craves more. 35 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,300 The desire to write operas is so strong 36 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,180 I listen without approving the performers 37 00:03:23,180 --> 00:03:25,080 and I am consumed with envy of its composer 38 00:03:25,620 --> 00:03:27,380 I should be in this theater 39 00:03:27,380 --> 00:03:29,640 with my orchestra tuning instruments, 40 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:31,760 my singers dressing up in costumes. 41 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,940 Oh, sister, I'm becoming not myself. 42 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:38,780 I hear my music 43 00:03:39,420 --> 00:03:41,060 In Salzburg 44 00:03:41,060 --> 00:03:43,020 there was no hope 45 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,320 for such an order 46 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:46,840 Archbishop 47 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,940 closed our theater company 48 00:03:50,940 --> 00:03:54,240 which was a tragedy for all the inhabitants of Salzburg 49 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,120 whose anger over the theater was immeasurable 50 00:03:57,740 --> 00:03:59,800 Our city 51 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,580 I was so hoping for it to come 52 00:04:01,580 --> 00:04:05,240 company of traveling actors 53 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:07,580 like the people of Siberia 54 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,960 waiting for spring to come. 55 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:12,900 Happy with the season 56 00:04:13,340 --> 00:04:15,660 who brought us company 57 00:04:15,660 --> 00:04:18,020 Emanuel Schikaneder 58 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:21,860 - Emanuel Schikaneder 59 00:04:21,860 --> 00:04:24,060 They're waiting for me...oh, dear... 60 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:26,300 Wolfgang, I'm so glad 61 00:04:26,580 --> 00:04:29,180 Salzburg has always been a good place to get things started 62 00:04:29,180 --> 00:04:31,540 When I encountered young Mozart, we hit it off immediately 63 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:34,820 Well, he, like me, was a seasoned traveling performer 64 00:04:36,460 --> 00:04:40,260 We soon became strong friends with the entire Mozart family 65 00:04:40,260 --> 00:04:43,140 We drank coffee together, I gave them free tickets 66 00:04:43,140 --> 00:04:46,100 I demonstrated my various roles: 67 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:47,940 my dandy 68 00:04:47,940 --> 00:04:50,160 my despot 69 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,160 my Hamlet 70 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,140 my fool 71 00:04:55,500 --> 00:05:00,360 Actor and impresario Emanuel Schikaneder arrived today in the city of Salzburg 72 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,300 - Very glad, sir 73 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:03,480 - Pan Schikaneder 74 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:04,100 -Emanuel 75 00:05:04,100 --> 00:05:06,100 - This is my dear sister Nannerl 76 00:05:06,340 --> 00:05:08,000 - What a pleasure it is to meet you 77 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,260 -Would you like some wine, Schikaneder? 78 00:05:10,260 --> 00:05:14,120 - Oh, I never refuse wine, thank you 79 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:18,660 He was absolutely a theater man. It was in his blood 80 00:05:18,980 --> 00:05:22,860 We often talked about the need for a real German-language theater 81 00:05:22,860 --> 00:05:24,400 I remember him telling me: 82 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,540 I don’t believe that Italian opera is eternal, and besides, I’m German. 83 00:05:27,540 --> 00:05:31,760 I prefer German opera, even if it is more difficult to make a profit here 84 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,180 - Pan Schikaneder, will you honor us with a song? 85 00:05:34,180 --> 00:05:37,100 - I doubt it's... 86 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,200 but if so, then I have something 87 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,140 your brother may be familiar with this 88 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,460 There was already a musical play in our repertoire, 89 00:05:47,460 --> 00:05:52,480 which the amazing Mozart wrote at the tender age of 12 90 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,680 "Bastien and Bastienne" 91 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:28,760 - Oh, Schikaneder, what a great fellow you are! 92 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:30,140 - Oh, my dear, 93 00:06:30,900 --> 00:06:34,180 will you write us an aria for our new play? 94 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:39,280 - Give me your text and I’ll write you something delicious 95 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:41,520 - Wonderful! 96 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,140 - Damn it, but that time everything went wrong 97 00:06:45,140 --> 00:06:47,500 Wolfgang unexpectedly went to Munich 98 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:49,940 with an important opera order in his pocket 99 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,760 I was really sorry to leave 100 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,840 - I will never forget 101 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:57,280 Schikanedera 102 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:59,160 running like a goose 103 00:06:59,420 --> 00:07:03,300 through the streets of Salzburg and waving goodbye to my son's carriage 104 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:04,860 And Aria... 105 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,500 every time Wolfgang wrote, he made different apologies... 106 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,860 he missed the post coach and will definitely be with the next one... 107 00:07:11,860 --> 00:07:15,740 I had to lie, and I'm not much of a liar 108 00:07:28,220 --> 00:07:32,700 The friendship between Schikaneder and Mozart matured for another 10 years until the moment 109 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:35,640 when they write The Magic Flute together 110 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:40,640 But here and now Mozart desperately needs an official, paid position 111 00:07:41,620 --> 00:07:43,620 He's on his way to Munich 112 00:07:43,620 --> 00:07:48,280 since the Elector of Bavaria commissioned him an Italian opera in the style of Seria 113 00:07:52,660 --> 00:07:57,280 "Idomenius", which tells the story of a hero returning from the Trojan War 114 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:01,620 a typical mythological subject for the formal, stylized Opera Seria 115 00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:03,620 or serious opera. 116 00:08:03,620 --> 00:08:08,020 Where another composer might have been tempted to rewrite or break rigid rules? 117 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:13,260 there Mozart would saturate the form from within and expand its capabilities 118 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:14,940 Where could my son 119 00:08:15,180 --> 00:08:17,180 succeed most of all 120 00:08:17,180 --> 00:08:19,180 so it's in the theater 121 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,540 He took my advice: 122 00:08:24,460 --> 00:08:27,920 do not neglect the popular style, 123 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,440 write for non-musical audiences 124 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,600 exactly the same as for music. 125 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,580 The author of the libretto was Abbot Varesco 126 00:08:36,580 --> 00:08:40,620 former chaplain to Leopold's employer, the archbishop, also in Salzburg. 127 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,460 Leopold has already agreed to be an intermediary between the poet and his son 128 00:08:45,460 --> 00:08:47,260 he had no idea 129 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:51,900 that this will be his last full participation in one of Mozart’s projects 130 00:08:52,340 --> 00:08:55,800 I lived every moment 131 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,200 rehearsals and writing of this work 132 00:08:59,820 --> 00:09:01,940 I have become indispensable 133 00:09:01,940 --> 00:09:05,120 we exchanged letters every day 134 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,300 Varesco soon became exhausted changing these verses 135 00:09:08,300 --> 00:09:10,500 but Wolfgang was adamant: 136 00:09:10,500 --> 00:09:14,160 all vocal parts should have a natural conversational tempo, 137 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,180 - he says - 138 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:18,080 this is a good line, but this one could be more dramatic 139 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,700 and this one is shorter 140 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:21,780 get rid of it all! 141 00:09:27,460 --> 00:09:30,920 His childhood years of travel exposed him to influence 142 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,920 the best of arts and entertainment that Europe had to offer 143 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:39,560 Now in Idomeneo he had the chance to demonstrate his dramatic instincts 144 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:41,120 - Damn this cold! 145 00:09:41,420 --> 00:09:43,300 >letter to Leopold December 1, 1780< 146 00:09:43,300 --> 00:09:45,480 All I need right now is 147 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:51,140 this is a cheerful spirit, a clear head and a tendency to work 148 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,820 Dear Dad, the notes you advised me brought me a little comfort 149 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:00,900 and these singers 150 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,400 drew my blood 151 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:05,920 boil 152 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,360 As you know, I am considered a principled person... 153 00:10:09,420 --> 00:10:14,540 Dorothea Wendling charmingly played the Trojan princess 154 00:10:14,980 --> 00:10:18,660 and her daughter-in-law Elizabeth played the second princess 155 00:10:19,580 --> 00:10:21,100 Electra 156 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,380 No matter how badly he treats Dal'Prato 157 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,620 the castrato who sang the part of the young prince, 158 00:10:27,620 --> 00:10:32,360 considering him rotten to the core, a worthless singer and a worse actor 159 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:34,700 But here's the king 160 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:36,640 Idomeneo 161 00:10:37,020 --> 00:10:39,040 turned out to be the most problematic for him. 162 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:42,080 He knew the singer Anton Raaff 163 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,080 for many years now 164 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,420 Raaff is the best and most loyal man in the world 165 00:10:49,420 --> 00:10:52,920 and he should be respected for his gray hair, 166 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:57,200 but it unbalances me that he is so ossified in his old ways. 167 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:01,140 Despite his enthusiasm for "bleating" arias, I wrote for his voice 168 00:11:01,140 --> 00:11:03,500 - I get up in the morning and sing your songs 169 00:11:03,500 --> 00:11:07,140 and when I go to bed in the evening, I still sing them 170 00:11:07,140 --> 00:11:09,140 - You are always welcome, Mr. Raaff 171 00:11:09,140 --> 00:11:11,920 It is easy to work with only if 172 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,940 if you're happy to be ordinary 173 00:11:14,940 --> 00:11:17,680 and let it chatter for hours. 174 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,480 But I have no intention of making the audience bored 175 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:26,620 the old man loves to sing his chopped noodles too much 176 00:11:49,820 --> 00:11:51,080 Stop! 177 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:52,080 Anton, 178 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,760 my friend, we need to feel your pain, your despair 179 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,480 in this aria you fence yourself off from fate 180 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,480 it has to come from within, and when it does, the public will believe and feel, 181 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,040 And your actions... your actions 182 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,480 they should be a natural extension of the music 183 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:11,020 - Do you understand? 184 00:12:11,020 --> 00:12:11,700 - Yes, of course 185 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:12,660 - Excellent 186 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:14,540 First again 187 00:12:16,740 --> 00:12:20,260 It's still nice to hear his voice 188 00:12:24,340 --> 00:12:26,760 but he doesn't pay any attention to expressiveness 189 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,840 and now finds music more and more difficult to hit certain notes. 190 00:12:56,300 --> 00:13:00,120 Raaff's aria "Fuor del mar" is a typical bravura aria 191 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,380 traditionally designed to demonstrate the singer's virtuosity 192 00:13:03,380 --> 00:13:07,240 and therefore, this is a complexly decorated vocal part 193 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:21,540 Mozart sought to make his music the central active element, 194 00:13:21,540 --> 00:13:24,320 the driving force of the plot. 195 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,660 Because due to the old man's limitations 196 00:13:34,660 --> 00:13:36,300 he cut back 197 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:37,640 text 198 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,020 So the singer's limitations 199 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:41,660 steel 200 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,120 at the same time hidden 201 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,720 and worthy of admiration. 202 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,840 Sir, there's nothing here 203 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:29,000 for voice. 204 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,800 Dear friend, 205 00:14:32,260 --> 00:14:37,320 If I could change even one note of this quartet, then, believe me, I would? 206 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:41,520 come on, sing it with others and you will see that I'm right 207 00:14:48,580 --> 00:14:52,800 Mozart wanted to keep the listeners' attention throughout the journey 208 00:14:52,820 --> 00:14:55,420 so any changes he made to Varesco's libretto 209 00:14:55,420 --> 00:14:59,900 eliminated unnecessary branches and some useless parts of the action. 210 00:15:00,020 --> 00:15:03,800 Notes and music should always move the drama. 211 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,140 No one has done this before 212 00:15:07,140 --> 00:15:09,840 in the very sedate world of opera Syria 213 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,680 he wants the scenes to dissolve into one another 214 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,860 Take "Fuor del mar" for example 215 00:15:14,860 --> 00:15:16,200 We have 216 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:20,960 what must be the end 217 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:22,600 but that's not true 218 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,020 Electra sings while already in another stage 219 00:15:33,020 --> 00:15:35,280 Mozart even said it himself 220 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:39,660 that “at the end of the action there should be the maximum possible noise in as short a time as possible? 221 00:15:39,660 --> 00:15:43,760 so that the listeners do not have the opportunity to cool down until the moment of applause" 222 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,760 His first listener, who invited himself to the last rehearsal, 223 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,480 was none other than his boss - the Elector of Bavaria 224 00:15:54,900 --> 00:15:57,220 The last rehearsal was great 225 00:15:57,580 --> 00:15:59,880 And all the music, as it should be, 226 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:01,380 impending storm... 227 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,280 you could hear the sea 228 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,560 and everyone is happy now 229 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,680 When we finished, the Elector shouted: 230 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:20,640 - Bravo! 231 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,680 - This opera is charming 232 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,320 no music had such an effect on me 233 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,680 it will bring you great honor 234 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,080 Then he said: 235 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,580 - Who would have thought that such great thoughts came from such a small head? 236 00:16:38,180 --> 00:16:39,840 - Who would really 237 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,360 "thought such great thoughts came from such a small head" 238 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,400 kind of like a complement 239 00:16:47,060 --> 00:16:49,060 but still no position at court 240 00:16:50,500 --> 00:16:52,500 He left them all 241 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:54,660 to go to Vienna 242 00:16:59,180 --> 00:17:00,720 It was here in Vienna 243 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,540 busy and vibrant city, 244 00:17:02,540 --> 00:17:06,780 which was the political, cultural and economic capital of the Austrian Empire? 245 00:17:06,780 --> 00:17:10,920 where Mozart settled, which was confirmed by the last 10 years of his life, 246 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,680 With its widely educated audience 247 00:17:13,780 --> 00:17:15,680 and 5 thriving theaters 248 00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:18,580 this city will nurture his sense of drama 249 00:17:18,580 --> 00:17:22,920 and thus give him the opportunity to change the customs of opera of that time 250 00:17:26,180 --> 00:17:31,220 The last 25 years of the 18th century were a time of political change throughout Europe: 251 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,180 the old aristocracy was in decline, 252 00:17:34,180 --> 00:17:37,480 and the new middle class grew more prosperous, more numerous 253 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,620 and developed his own political ideas 254 00:17:40,620 --> 00:17:45,580 And Mozart's decision to settle in Vienna placed him right in the center of it all. 255 00:17:47,620 --> 00:17:50,780 His new hope was the patronage of the Holy Roman Emperor 256 00:17:50,780 --> 00:17:52,560 Joseph II of Austria 257 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,180 and an absolute monarch with a passion for music 258 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,960 and to the problems of social reforms. 259 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,580 His Majesty's will, 260 00:18:03,860 --> 00:18:05,580 Joseph II 261 00:18:05,580 --> 00:18:07,380 Emperor of Austria 262 00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:12,240 that the practice of torture to extract confessions be abolished 263 00:18:13,540 --> 00:18:15,240 next, continue, 264 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,880 and the death penalty was commuted 265 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:22,080 sentenced to life imprisonment 266 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,080 - deterrence is key 267 00:18:24,700 --> 00:18:26,380 ...and further 268 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:30,260 Royal grounds will be open to the Viennese public 269 00:18:30,260 --> 00:18:34,200 as a park for relaxation and pleasure 270 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:37,220 - a place of leisure for all people 271 00:18:38,020 --> 00:18:40,160 from someone who respects them 272 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:53,540 So the royal park became a people's paradise 273 00:18:53,540 --> 00:18:56,620 Joseph, aware of the danger of revolution, 274 00:18:56,620 --> 00:18:59,480 sought to encourage the German middle class 275 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:04,000 while at the same time limiting the privileges of the nobility 276 00:19:04,180 --> 00:19:08,680 and in the process... the theater became something of a "political football" 277 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:13,120 and in the era before television and cinema, theater was more than just entertainment 278 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:15,380 it was a forum for exchanging opinions 279 00:19:15,380 --> 00:19:18,180 new ideas, moral judgments 280 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:22,020 So, while the aristocracy flocks to the magnificent, 281 00:19:22,020 --> 00:19:25,260 the sophisticated and witty world of Italian opera, 282 00:19:25,340 --> 00:19:29,080 new German audiences are looking forward to their own opera 283 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,560 own pop culture 284 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:34,960 Soon after Mozart settled in Vienna 285 00:19:36,340 --> 00:19:39,680 the unforgettable Emperor Joseph II created a plan, 286 00:19:40,540 --> 00:19:43,420 so befitting of the Emperor of Austria, 287 00:19:43,540 --> 00:19:46,200 "On disgust from Italian operas 288 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,540 by supporting the Germanic language - Singspiel" 289 00:19:48,740 --> 00:19:51,900 In this way he would encourage more patriotic perspectives. 290 00:19:53,060 --> 00:19:55,500 According to this, he gathered the best Viennese singers 291 00:19:55,620 --> 00:20:00,440 and the German opera was commissioned from a promising composer - Mozart 292 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,960 Mozart is just the right man: 293 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,140 “my burning desire is to promote German-language theater”; 294 00:20:11,140 --> 00:20:14,180 “I want to honor all German-speaking people”; 295 00:20:14,180 --> 00:20:16,860 "Thank God I'm a good, God-fearing German." 296 00:20:21,060 --> 00:20:24,820 "The Rape from the Seraglio" was a new form of popular musical, 297 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,660 combining dialogues with songs. 298 00:20:27,660 --> 00:20:30,660 A fun and exciting story about a noble hero 299 00:20:30,660 --> 00:20:33,440 clumsily trying to save his beautiful lover 300 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,660 from the claws of the Turkish pasha, 301 00:20:35,660 --> 00:20:38,400 whose overseer was vile. 302 00:20:49,940 --> 00:20:56,920 No matter how quietly and carefully you sneak, you damn harem mouse... 303 00:20:57,420 --> 00:21:00,160 we still hear you... 304 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,440 Before you can escape, we will grab you... 305 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,600 and you'll get what's due to you 306 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,920 Oh, how I should rejoice when they lead you to the gallows... 307 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:37,960 and put a noose around your neck 308 00:21:56,420 --> 00:21:59,740 This Singspiel created a widespread sensation 309 00:22:00,300 --> 00:22:04,580 I witnessed the delight aroused in equal measure by Manconius Senti and the amateurs? 310 00:22:04,580 --> 00:22:06,360 during the performance 311 00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:11,460 It was as if everything we had heard and known before was not music at all. 312 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:16,020 And the insidious Italians soon saw 313 00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:20,520 that such a sophisticated German mind poses a threat to their foreign plans 314 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,200 It exposed their childish strumming 315 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,040 Envy was now at work 316 00:22:27,340 --> 00:22:30,160 with all the sharpness of Italian poison 317 00:22:30,540 --> 00:22:33,640 - With a Turkish play by our mutual friend 318 00:22:33,860 --> 00:22:36,500 he seems to think that the emperor is in his pocket 319 00:22:37,460 --> 00:22:40,760 - Did you hear what they said about his superiority? 320 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,120 - No, tell me 321 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,680 - Too beautiful for Our ears, dear Mozart, 322 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:49,280 but a huge number of notes 323 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,520 How did the composer respond? 324 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,760 There are as many notes, Your Majesty, as needed. 325 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:02,340 How much nobility and sincerity grew with the great genius. 326 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,040 Wooing the Emperor with his smart political choices, 327 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,780 he simultaneously sought the favor of his future wife Constance, 328 00:23:08,780 --> 00:23:11,700 who had the same name as the heroine of this opera 329 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,540 I believe that the influence of his romantic mood on the music of this opera 330 00:24:08,620 --> 00:24:10,120 not hidden from anyone. 331 00:24:10,740 --> 00:24:17,380 Everyone knows what it’s like to be filled with tenderness and yearning love. 332 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,060 Just like in politics, where in order to reach an agreement you need to speak “the same language”, 333 00:24:22,060 --> 00:24:25,120 Joseph II decided to support the Italian Opera 334 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:29,520 - German musical entertainment is all good, 335 00:24:30,540 --> 00:24:33,160 but if you want to attract the attention of the aristocracy 336 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,560 you must address them in Italian 337 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:41,440 Like a chameleon 338 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:46,420 Mozart began repurposing himself as a composer of Italian opera 339 00:24:46,820 --> 00:24:49,920 The problem is that until now the texts he was dealing with 340 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,540 were so-so: far from the individuality of his genius 341 00:24:52,540 --> 00:24:56,300 What he desperately needed now was a collaborator whose talent was close to 342 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:58,040 to his own 343 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,100 Lorenzo da Ponte, 344 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:04,680 who wrote his memoirs at the age of 80, 345 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:09,760 vividly described the times when, 50 years ago, being invited by Joseph II, 346 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,180 he met Mozart for the first time 347 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:14,560 - I told him: 348 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:19,880 “In my opinion, to create an opera you need to do nothing more than write poetry correctly? 349 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:26,360 it is necessary to write in such a way that the rhythmic stresses of poetry are in tune with the music. 350 00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:30,100 He laughed and said he knew my poetic tricks 351 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:34,540 and that poetry in opera should be the obedient daughter of music 352 00:25:34,740 --> 00:25:37,760 - Your words must be written exclusively for music, 353 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,660 and not squeezed here and there to arrange unhappy roulades, 354 00:25:41,660 --> 00:25:45,520 which, God knows, is not conducive to any theatrical performance 355 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:47,120 whatever it is 356 00:25:48,860 --> 00:25:51,360 And only a few can do it well, Lorenzo. 357 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:57,100 Wolfgang needs someone who has an ear for music and a lot of life experience 358 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,840 Then I said: 359 00:26:00,380 --> 00:26:04,480 "if the poet's words are nothing but a guide for notes 360 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:05,780 from a series of actions 361 00:26:06,260 --> 00:26:10,380 why don't you just use the words from the recipes? 362 00:26:10,380 --> 00:26:13,340 furniture catalogs or even a dictionary?" 363 00:26:13,660 --> 00:26:16,440 - Poems are indispensable for music, 364 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,840 but rhyme just for the sake of rhyme is destructive 365 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:24,640 words... couplets... poems that can completely ruin the composer’s entire plan 366 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,080 - I believe that poetry is the door to music 367 00:26:28,580 --> 00:26:31,000 everything can be beautiful inside 368 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,440 but no one can see this inner beauty if the door is locked. 369 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:35,680 - Then, 370 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,480 if you agree to change and even cross out according to my wishes, 371 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,060 we can work together. 372 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,280 So it was: we discussed many options... 373 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:53,100 then one day he asked me if I could adapt an opera 374 00:26:53,100 --> 00:26:55,900 this French comedy "The Marriage of Figaro" 375 00:26:55,900 --> 00:26:59,120 which caused a bit of a stir in Paris. 376 00:27:00,140 --> 00:27:03,700 I was very satisfied with the offer 377 00:27:04,180 --> 00:27:07,360 But there was one big problem to overcome 378 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:10,880 recently the emperor for reasons 379 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,180 that it would be too revealing for noble society 380 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:17,100 banned this comedy show 381 00:27:19,460 --> 00:27:21,360 According to His Majesty's will 382 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:25,560 the police censor should reject this play completely 383 00:27:29,860 --> 00:27:34,920 If you want to dance, my dear Count, then I will set the tone 384 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:49,040 What happened around "The Marriage of Figaro" by Beaumarchais? 385 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,280 What made it too dangerous a consumer product? 386 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,840 The play became a European scandal 387 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:58,220 due to criticism of the landed nobility and its Republican sympathies. 388 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:01,580 There are even words where Figaro says to his master: 389 00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:04,900 "What have you done to deserve such benefits? 390 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:06,900 You took the trouble to be born 391 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:08,680 and nothing more" 392 00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:12,360 Da Ponte cut out the most revolutionary sayings 393 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:15,860 and replaced social comedy with social satire. 394 00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:19,900 If the opera were in German, would it be perceived as socially stimulating? 395 00:28:19,900 --> 00:28:21,920 but since it was in Italian, 396 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:23,500 - the language of the aristocracy - 397 00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:27,360 she addressed this class directly as a moral critic. 398 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:33,780 I will expose you... but quietly... quietly 399 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:44,100 I am of the opinion that all people created by me are equal from birth 400 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,680 from our parents we receive only life 401 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:49,420 but in this 402 00:28:49,420 --> 00:28:53,800 Is there hardly the slightest difference between a king, an earl, a merchant and a peasant? 403 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:58,320 In cases where the aristocracy disregards this natural law 404 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,440 I will be the first to display the mirror 405 00:29:03,980 --> 00:29:07,540 then I will attack them like a wolf. 406 00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:12,460 With covert action, then with open action - attack, then ridicule 407 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:15,600 I will overthrow all your plans 408 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,080 Interesting fact about “Se vuol ballare” 409 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,220 These are words that were not in the original. 410 00:29:31,220 --> 00:29:32,780 Yes Ponte added them 411 00:29:32,780 --> 00:29:35,740 But what really makes it exciting is what Mozart does: 412 00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:38,920 it brings us much closer to the subversive enthusiasm of the original 413 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:43,840 expressing these very revolutionary words together with an aristocratic minuet (the main 414 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,700 So, Figaro's imaginary dialogue with his master when he says: 415 00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:49,680 "I'll be in charge, not you" 416 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,060 and the music that envelops him seems to express nobility 417 00:30:18,340 --> 00:30:21,680 - The Emperor allows your Figaro to criticize his master 418 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,240 - If this gentleman behaves like that count, 419 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,820 seeking to seduce and corrupt someone's bride. 420 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,680 Yes, His Majesty knows courtiers who are more dissolute than our count 421 00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:33,420 this play will speak to them in a language they understand 422 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,920 - Poor countess, she knows that she has lost her husband's love. 423 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,700 - She's not a helpless woman 424 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:41,700 like you she is strong and resourceful 425 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,460 everything is there 426 00:30:54,340 --> 00:31:01,400 Grant me, love, a remedy... 427 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:06,600 ...from my sadness and longing 428 00:31:20,220 --> 00:31:24,960 "Porgi, amor" contains incredibly long lines of intense suffering, 429 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:29,300 but, as the music demonstrates to you, it is not a repeated negation that obediently 430 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:32,080 Here you can hear heroism and cunning in addition. 431 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,840 In the end, you must understand and believe that the Count chose her 432 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:40,440 Music has a beautiful whirling harmony 433 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,020 she is in F major - a wonderful opening sign 434 00:31:43,020 --> 00:31:45,340 and it sounds deep... luxurious... brilliant... 435 00:31:45,340 --> 00:31:46,720 like good Bordeaux 436 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:59,360 Give me back my lover or let me die 437 00:32:18,340 --> 00:32:21,920 - She will join forces with Figaro and his beloved Susanna. 438 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,000 Together they will set traps for the Count 439 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,000 - And there is no doubt about Suzanne's love for Figaro 440 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,900 - And in music the answer to this question 441 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,000 Stop my dear Count 442 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,920 I have money to free Figaro 443 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:47,240 In "The Marriage of Figaro" Mozart's genius in composing for an ensemble of singers reached its peak. 444 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:51,340 in complex dialogues that overlap but never conflict 445 00:32:52,860 --> 00:32:55,680 Beloved mother... beloved son 446 00:32:57,500 --> 00:33:00,160 Just look there! 447 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,940 The great thing about opera is what it offers to any composer. 448 00:33:02,940 --> 00:33:06,060 opportunity to express several different points of view 449 00:33:06,060 --> 00:33:07,500 at the same time 450 00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:09,580 and, naturally, in the case of Mozart 451 00:33:09,580 --> 00:33:13,000 opera ascends to a completely different orbit 452 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,720 He has a remarkable ability to saturate the form 453 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,020 absolute artistic freedom 454 00:33:18,020 --> 00:33:20,000 and then look at it from the outside 455 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,080 in the sense of looking at all of humanity 456 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,080 with great wisdom 457 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:25,120 Listen, my love... 458 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:26,920 Listen to this! 459 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,820 She did it for love... 460 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,900 I'm burning with rage... 461 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,840 - Our world is so filled with insults to women. 462 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,940 Promise that you will never neglect me, Wolfgang. 463 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,820 - Oh, my dear wife, you are absolutely categorical / plump 464 00:33:57,820 --> 00:34:00,220 you become having reached the middle / in the middle 465 00:34:00,220 --> 00:34:02,540 I've kissed your hands a thousand times 466 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,680 we didn’t get married to fill our lives with nagging and quarrels, 467 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,900 and to live in peace and happiness 468 00:34:18,820 --> 00:34:22,900 My heart can't resist anymore 469 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,600 Burning torment 470 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,260 Sweet bliss 471 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,060 That very moment... 472 00:34:33,060 --> 00:34:35,060 That very moment... 473 00:34:35,420 --> 00:34:39,280 ...my heart can hardly bear it 474 00:34:40,420 --> 00:34:42,800 But at the first performance of the opera in Vienna 475 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,020 some of the singers made deliberate mistakes 476 00:34:45,020 --> 00:34:46,960 because of hatred and envy 477 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,760 their intentions are to cause the collapse of the opera 478 00:34:50,460 --> 00:34:51,640 I'll tell you 479 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,040 when this piece was performed in my hometown Prague 480 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,700 Mozart's art celebrated complete victory 481 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,640 -Will you dance with me? 482 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,480 some other time then 483 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,680 - How precise is the subtlety of your melodies? 484 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,200 expresses the meaning of the poet's words 485 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,200 - In this sense, I trusted Da Ponte 486 00:35:15,740 --> 00:35:18,440 Italian gentlemen can be polite to your face 487 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:20,960 but mock behind your back 488 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,640 Faced with unpleasant professional rivalry 489 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,060 and relative failure in Vienna 490 00:35:26,340 --> 00:35:28,520 Figaro was shown only 9 times 491 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,740 Why didn't he just move? 492 00:35:30,740 --> 00:35:31,680 to Prague 493 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,520 where was it a big success? 494 00:35:33,980 --> 00:35:37,100 I think because he was destined to succeed 495 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:38,900 on his own terms 496 00:35:38,940 --> 00:35:40,940 He considered Vienna his home 497 00:35:40,940 --> 00:35:43,540 so I had to prove myself to this city 498 00:35:43,540 --> 00:35:46,060 Anything less is a complete failure. 499 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,440 - Can I speak as a friend? 500 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:52,240 Here we understand the true value of your work 501 00:35:53,140 --> 00:35:54,820 Come on, come live in Prague! 502 00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:58,920 - Yeah, I was greeted with all sorts of courtesy and respect here. 503 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:01,240 Prague is truly one of the most beautiful cities 504 00:36:02,340 --> 00:36:03,840 But I'm homesick 505 00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:05,880 I'm heading back to Vienna 506 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,900 and into the arms of my dear Constanza 507 00:36:11,740 --> 00:36:15,360 Here in Prague people don't talk about anything other than Figaro. 508 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,660 No opera attracts as many spectators as Figaro. 509 00:36:17,660 --> 00:36:20,440 If something is played, sung or whistled somewhere, 510 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:21,720 then this is Figaro 511 00:36:21,860 --> 00:36:26,480 Young people share with each other in pure delight how Figaro organized the date? 512 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:27,600 nothing... 513 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,300 nothing but Figaro 514 00:36:29,980 --> 00:36:34,280 The success of our work was as complete as we could have wished for 515 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:35,840 Theater managers would shout: 516 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,020 "Long life to Mozart, long life to Ponte! 517 00:36:38,020 --> 00:36:41,580 As long as they live, we won't have to starve." 518 00:37:01,580 --> 00:37:02,440 - Coffee, Mister. 519 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:03,300 - No time, Primos 520 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:17,640 - Mister, hat. 521 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:18,900 -Thank you, Primos. 522 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,540 "The Magic Flute" is one of the most exceptional works 523 00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:24,120 from those written by Mozar 524 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,880 In fact, one of the most exceptional operas ever written. 525 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:32,280 It reflects a combination of all of Mozart's social and political beliefs 526 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,240 eloquently expressed through his music 527 00:37:38,180 --> 00:37:39,260 - two minutes, Mr. Schikaneder. 528 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:43,540 The path that began with Idomenium and developed into Figaro 529 00:37:43,540 --> 00:37:45,200 opera written by da Ponte, 530 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:49,120 and reached its highest heights in The Magic Flute 531 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:54,180 And if his Italian operas were written for Italian theaters, are they located? 532 00:37:54,180 --> 00:37:56,900 then this one was written for the provincial theater 533 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:59,480 and mainly for middle class viewers 534 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:08,080 - Ladies and gentlemen. 535 00:38:10,140 --> 00:38:11,320 Ladies and gentlemen, 536 00:38:11,340 --> 00:38:13,580 Mr Emanuel Schikaneder 537 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:16,780 - Everything is here. Okay 538 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:23,600 Actors and actresses of the Freihouse Theater 539 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:27,500 We all have the honor of playing for the first time. 540 00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:30,620 in the grand German opera in 2 acts 541 00:38:30,620 --> 00:38:32,480 "The Magic Flute" 542 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,240 which was written by yours truly, Emanuel Schikaneder 543 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:37,120 owner of seats in the theater 544 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:43,200 with music composed by the conductor and royal composer 545 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,980 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 546 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,980 which out of respect for the kind public 547 00:38:55,140 --> 00:38:56,340 - finished 548 00:38:56,340 --> 00:38:59,380 not to mention for the sake of friendship with the author of this play 549 00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:02,500 will give us a rehearsal 550 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,820 our dear Nightingale high notes 551 00:39:06,820 --> 00:39:08,140 finally 552 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:12,600 Diva of the stunning upper reaches of the human voice 553 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,560 - My apologies, Emanuel 554 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,380 and respect to you, my son-in-law (sister's husband). 555 00:39:17,380 --> 00:39:18,920 - What is my role? 556 00:39:18,980 --> 00:39:20,180 - Josepha, 557 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:24,360 your role will fit you like a tailored garment 558 00:39:24,740 --> 00:39:26,180 Queen of the Night 559 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:30,100 From the beginning, listeners will consider you good and incomparable, 560 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:33,500 but by the end they will know that you can be incredibly malicious 561 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:39,000 - And Anna will play your daughter - Pamina 562 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,940 - Ben, you are a hero - Tamino 563 00:39:41,940 --> 00:39:44,400 who actually has a magic flute 564 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,460 and my role... 565 00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:50,300 I am Papageno, the humble bird catcher 566 00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:53,940 My business is to catch birds 567 00:39:53,940 --> 00:39:56,640 I set my nets and they get caught 568 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,760 and all people know me as a friend 569 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,020 throughout the whole earth, from end to end 570 00:40:02,020 --> 00:40:05,040 Mozart and Schikaneder worked quickly to create German opera, 571 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,220 which on one level would delight listeners, 572 00:40:07,220 --> 00:40:09,900 but in the depths it would contain secrets and truths, 573 00:40:09,900 --> 00:40:12,860 which could enlighten the viewer 574 00:40:13,380 --> 00:40:14,060 - hey you 575 00:40:14,060 --> 00:40:14,680 - what am I? 576 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,200 - tell me, buddy, who are you? 577 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:18,160 - who am I? 578 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:19,240 stupid question 579 00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:20,640 I'm a person like you 580 00:40:20,940 --> 00:40:22,040 -Who are you? 581 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:23,800 - I'm a prince! 582 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:25,000 - what you? 583 00:40:25,180 --> 00:40:29,540 - When Prince Tamino gets lost hunting at the beginning of the opera 584 00:40:29,740 --> 00:40:32,880 his chance meeting with the rural bird catcher Papageno 585 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,940 takes them both on an epic journey of self-discovery 586 00:40:36,940 --> 00:40:38,220 -...many thousands? 587 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:42,800 - maybe I could enlist some businessman with my birds? 588 00:40:43,220 --> 00:40:44,760 - I think it's good, right? 589 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,060 Fun with a serious message 590 00:40:48,060 --> 00:40:49,500 here's a delicious stew 591 00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:52,560 A little passion, a little comedy, ladies. 592 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,540 adorable young guy singing like a starling 593 00:40:55,540 --> 00:40:57,920 a good melody so that even the cab driver whistles it 594 00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,520 and an enlightening message: 595 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,700 all people are equal 596 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,060 regardless of origin 597 00:41:12,180 --> 00:41:16,900 This portrait is so enchanting... 598 00:41:20,580 --> 00:41:25,060 like none seen before 599 00:41:29,100 --> 00:41:31,100 I feel this blessed image 600 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:38,720 starting to fill my heart with a new feeling 601 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,500 Orchestral musicians, for whom Mozart had usually written before, 602 00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:52,940 were very skilled and disciplined, like modern musicians 603 00:41:52,940 --> 00:41:56,280 But the orchestra of the Schikaneder Theater fell far short of these standards. 604 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,860 So his scores for them were simple 605 00:41:59,100 --> 00:42:01,540 but as always, he turned it into strength 606 00:42:01,540 --> 00:42:04,840 economical and yet highly effective measures 607 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,620 In this aria, Tomino gradually falls in love with Pamina 608 00:42:15,620 --> 00:42:17,740 while peering at her portrait 609 00:42:17,900 --> 00:42:20,260 and the most restrained cello part 610 00:42:20,260 --> 00:42:23,680 delicately and almost subconsciously anticipates, 611 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,000 even drives his emotions 612 00:42:28,260 --> 00:42:32,220 Could this feeling be love? 613 00:42:43,860 --> 00:42:46,300 Yes, it can only be love! 614 00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:52,240 - Hey, Yuzefa 615 00:42:52,980 --> 00:42:54,980 - Geisake, tell me 616 00:42:54,980 --> 00:42:57,740 what will be the scenery for my Queen of the night? 617 00:42:57,740 --> 00:43:03,100 - The theater, madam, transforms into the space of the night, a walk with the stars 618 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,420 we built and painted a clever backdrop 619 00:43:06,420 --> 00:43:08,220 which has a lot of holes 620 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:11,660 behind each of them I cleverly arranged a lamp with a lens 621 00:43:11,660 --> 00:43:13,660 - Your technical chatter is nonsense. 622 00:43:13,660 --> 00:43:17,780 Your firmament is fit for a starry, blazing queen, eh? 623 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:33,220 Me and Mozart we were box brothers 624 00:43:33,220 --> 00:43:34,620 although he was 625 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:38,660 highly respected genius, and I am just a stagehand at the Schikaneder Theater 626 00:43:39,020 --> 00:43:41,120 position higher than the theater cat 627 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,720 Everyone entered the box as equals 628 00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:46,620 and rose from apprentice to master 629 00:43:46,620 --> 00:43:49,260 according to their merits, therefore, their own efforts 630 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:08,540 -Who's knocking? 631 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:10,560 - The one who wants to enter. 632 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:12,240 - Come in, apprentice 633 00:44:22,740 --> 00:44:23,780 - Brother, Geisake. 634 00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:27,320 I was told you have something for me from Schikaneder 635 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:33,520 - Yes, the words for the scene with two armed men instructing the hero 636 00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:48,460 You, who walk this path of trials, will be cleansed 637 00:44:48,460 --> 00:44:51,020 through fire, water and earth 638 00:44:51,020 --> 00:44:52,300 excellent 639 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,080 If you can overcome the fear of death, 640 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,440 you will ascend from earth to heaven 641 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,640 really, brother. 642 00:45:12,380 --> 00:45:17,420 Mozart's life in Vienna coincided with the rapid rise of Freemasonry in Austria 643 00:45:17,460 --> 00:45:21,380 the lodge was a forum for Enlightenment thoughts and new ideas 644 00:45:21,380 --> 00:45:24,800 and Mozart sincerely accepted their philosophy 645 00:45:27,500 --> 00:45:31,420 But in the turbulent social shift that occurred in the late 18th century, 646 00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:34,360 Freemasonry, with its symbols and secrets, 647 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:38,000 began to be seen as a potential breeding ground for revolutionary ideas 648 00:45:38,700 --> 00:45:41,160 Mazart, politically astute as always, 649 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,160 may have written "The Magic Flute" 650 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:46,100 to show Freemasonry a new, more open path ahead 651 00:45:46,460 --> 00:45:49,740 in addition to demonstrating their ideals to the general public 652 00:45:51,540 --> 00:45:53,360 - Can I ask a question? 653 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:56,600 what is the progress in our theater of this wonderful opera? 654 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,160 - With the absence of my dear wife in her Spa 655 00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:00,700 I often miss you so much 656 00:46:00,700 --> 00:46:02,780 that writing arias is a relief 657 00:46:02,780 --> 00:46:03,900 - So it's true, 658 00:46:03,900 --> 00:46:06,800 that the work touches on the secrets of the Masonic brotherhood. 659 00:46:07,020 --> 00:46:09,540 - The work contains the wisdom of brotherhood 660 00:46:10,180 --> 00:46:13,020 we must open the gates of beauty and wisdom for those 661 00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:15,540 who wants to cross the threshold 662 00:46:15,540 --> 00:46:17,360 and theater manager 663 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:20,080 who wants to make a German opera for a German audience... 664 00:46:21,240 --> 00:46:22,040 ...but... 665 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:23,500 ...enough. 666 00:46:23,820 --> 00:46:27,700 I allowed my tongue complete freedom, so rarely possible at this time 667 00:46:28,300 --> 00:46:30,680 Every such outpouring of feelings intoxicates you 668 00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:32,920 and does not cause any harm to your health 669 00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:35,300 - Is this the opinion of Mr. Schikaneder? 670 00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,700 - Your employer doesn't have time for a box 671 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:42,500 but he knows well the trials to which man is subjected, 672 00:46:42,500 --> 00:46:44,680 to become worthy 673 00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:47,360 - I became a Freemason 674 00:46:47,540 --> 00:46:50,720 not out of curiosity or selfishness 675 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:54,620 and because of sincere respect for their worthy society 676 00:46:54,620 --> 00:46:57,360 From their temple, despite the secrecy, 677 00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:00,460 radiates a shimmer of nobility 678 00:47:01,020 --> 00:47:02,740 humanism, wisdom 679 00:47:03,240 --> 00:47:07,040 teachings that can enlighten and enrich a person 680 00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:24,100 - Josefa Hofer First Queen of the Night 681 00:47:24,100 --> 00:47:25,860 was Mozart's sister-in-law (wife's sister) 682 00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:28,840 he knew the peculiarities of her voice 683 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,520 and knew well how to use them 684 00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:37,100 how hard, how fast and how high can he push her 685 00:47:38,220 --> 00:47:40,040 - Convince me that I can be a hero. 686 00:47:40,540 --> 00:47:41,880 look at me 687 00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:44,700 ok, ok 688 00:48:04,100 --> 00:48:06,100 - get off stage please 689 00:48:08,340 --> 00:48:13,100 - With a voice like mine, every theater in Vienna would beg me to work for them 690 00:48:13,100 --> 00:48:15,860 And I could make money at three, six.... 691 00:48:16,300 --> 00:48:18,920 ...9 times more than what Schikaneder paid me 692 00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:22,800 But I'll tell you, not all roles were as good as this one. 693 00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:01,060 - I wrote my own role to entertain the audience 694 00:49:01,260 --> 00:49:04,160 I didn't want to seem more knowledgeable than I am 695 00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:06,240 I'm an actor and director 696 00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:08,800 just like Mozart is simply a composer and musician 697 00:49:09,180 --> 00:49:12,340 and above all, we worked for box office success 698 00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:15,100 Poster: "The Magic Flute" for the first time 699 00:50:38,900 --> 00:50:42,520 Huge admiration surrounding the first performance of "Flute" 700 00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:45,460 must have felt incredible for Mozart 701 00:50:45,460 --> 00:50:47,240 Everything came together 702 00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:50,000 everything he wanted and needed to express 703 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,720 and the listeners in whom he passionately believed, 704 00:50:52,940 --> 00:50:54,560 and wanted to involve. 705 00:50:55,260 --> 00:50:58,540 Perhaps this is all better summed up by "Ach, ich fühl's" (Everything has passed) 706 00:50:58,540 --> 00:51:02,020 an aria that holds a mirror to the soul, 707 00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:05,200 embodiment of desire, 708 00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:06,240 love 709 00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:07,460 and losses 710 00:51:15,380 --> 00:51:18,540 If you don't give me back my love... 711 00:51:24,740 --> 00:51:27,840 ...then I will find peace only in death 712 00:53:07,940 --> 00:53:11,560 "Ach, ich fühl's" the most stunning outpouring of emotion 713 00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:12,640 more precisely love 714 00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:16,840 Ultimately, love is at the center of everything Mozart wrote 715 00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:18,460 and of course at the opera 716 00:53:18,460 --> 00:53:21,940 Opera is the greatest theatrical art form, in my opinion, 717 00:53:21,940 --> 00:53:24,920 because it is the best combination of all theatrical art forms 718 00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:27,880 and therefore in the hands of a genius like Mozart 719 00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:32,660 it has the incomprehensible power to change not only the characters in the drama, 720 00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:34,680 as well as the public 721 00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:36,140 >letter to Constance October 8, 1791< 722 00:53:36,140 --> 00:53:38,140 - Dear, best wife, 723 00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:40,380 I just came from the opera 724 00:53:40,560 --> 00:53:42,300 full of people as usual 725 00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:45,420 your sister was seething with anger and was incomparable 726 00:53:45,980 --> 00:53:48,020 and the amiable Schikaneder received a standing ovation 727 00:53:48,020 --> 00:53:49,560 for "Husband and Wife" (duet "The Man Who Can Feel") 728 00:53:49,860 --> 00:53:55,900 A person who can feel love must have a good heart 729 00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:08,380 but what pleased me most of all was the silent applause 730 00:54:08,580 --> 00:54:10,660 Our opera's reputation is growing 731 00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:13,040 some people just see it 732 00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:15,200 but others really hear it 733 00:54:19,020 --> 00:54:21,120 If only you were here in Vienna 734 00:54:21,720 --> 00:54:23,280 Our mutual friend 735 00:54:23,420 --> 00:54:24,700 you know who I'm talking about 736 00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:26,240 was in the box today 737 00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:28,220 He laughed at everything 738 00:54:28,220 --> 00:54:30,680 I was close to calling him a dense ass 739 00:54:32,140 --> 00:54:34,060 At first I was patient 740 00:54:34,060 --> 00:54:37,500 I drew his attention to this truth or that wisdom 741 00:54:37,620 --> 00:54:40,920 but his behavior was so tactless and unbearable for me 742 00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:43,360 You are Papageno! - I shouted 743 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,120 I doubt even that he understood my insult 744 00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:50,080 Primos just came in with fried pork ribs 745 00:54:53,780 --> 00:54:54,960 ... 746 00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:56,820 dove 747 00:54:57,320 --> 00:54:58,440 my beauty 748 00:54:59,620 --> 00:55:00,460 I'm eating.. 749 00:55:00,720 --> 00:55:01,520 for your health... 750 00:55:02,860 --> 00:55:03,980 in this Spa 751 00:55:07,220 --> 00:55:08,180 - What time is it? 752 00:55:08,180 --> 00:55:09,320 - 11, Sir. 753 00:55:17,700 --> 00:55:18,960 Perhaps.. 754 00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:20,960 you're already sleeping... 755 00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:23,880 in your little Spa 756 00:55:29,220 --> 00:55:30,380 I don't want... 757 00:55:30,740 --> 00:55:32,460 wake you up 758 00:55:35,660 --> 00:55:37,860 I kiss you a million times 759 00:55:38,220 --> 00:55:39,420 I 760 00:55:39,700 --> 00:55:40,700 as always 761 00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:43,280 your Mozart 762 00:56:11,920 --> 00:57:00,000 subtitles: terra interiora mea