Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Evelyn Lear, Lisa Otto, Roberta Peters, Franz Crass, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hans Hotter, Fritz Wunderlich, Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm – Die Zauberflöte = The Magic Flute = La Flute Enchantée (VG+/VG+) – 3xLP, DE 1980

Die Zauberflöte = The Magic Flute = La Flute Enchantée is an LP by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Evelyn Lear, Hans Hotter, Franz Crass, Roberta Peters, Lisa Otto, Fritz Wunderlich from 1980 released on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

About this album

Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte is given one of its most celebrated modern readings in Karl Böhm’s 1965 recording. With Evelyn Lear, Lisa Otto, Roberta Peters, Franz Crass, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hans Hotter and Fritz Wunderlich among the cast, and the Berliner Philharmoniker providing disciplined, glowing support, this performance combines operatic drama with Classical clarity. Böhm’s approach keeps the work buoyant and theatrical while preserving its human warmth and Enlightenment wit. Long admired for its exceptional singing and musical authority, it remains a landmark account of Mozart’s final opera, balancing fantasy, lyricism and moral seriousness with remarkable ease.