Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karl Böhm, Evelyn Lear, Roberta Peters, Lisa Otto, Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Franz Crass, Berliner Philharmoniker – Die Zauberflöte (Querschnitt) (VG+/VG+) – LP, DE 1969

Die Zauberflöte (Querschnitt) is an LP by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Evelyn Lear, Franz Crass, Roberta Peters, Lisa Otto, Fritz Wunderlich from 1969 released on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

About this album

A distinguished highlights version of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, this 1965 release pairs Karl Böhm with the Berlin Philharmonic and an exceptional cast headed by Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Evelyn Lear and Roberta Peters. Rather than a full staging, it presents an operatic survey that distils the work’s dramatic range, from comic sparkle to Masonic grandeur, in vividly recorded form. Böhm was one of the great Mozart interpreters of the 20th century, and this performance reflects the clarity, elegance and theatrical instinct that made his Mozart recordings so enduring. It remains a major reference point for listeners seeking a classic reading of the opera.