The perpetually busy Damon Albarn has revealed he is working on another opera. As part of our latest cover story, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman tells Consequence he is putting German playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The Magic Flute Part Two to music for the first time.
“I got offered this amazing opportunity to set Goethe’s Magic Flute Part Two to music and song,” says Albarn, who previously created an opera based on Elizabethan scientist John Dee in 2011. “I’m kind of teaching myself Goethe, which is not as great a task as it would have been if I hadn’t done a lot of study about, you know, other Renaissance men like Dr. John Dee. I’ve got a lot of the bases because I had to go a long way back to even vaguely understand what that was about. So, I did a lot of that 10 years ago.
“I got offered this amazing opportunity to set Goethe’s Magic Flute Part Two to music and song,” says Albarn, who previously created an opera based on Elizabethan scientist John Dee in 2011. “I’m kind of teaching myself Goethe, which is not as great a task as it would have been if I hadn’t done a lot of study about, you know, other Renaissance men like Dr. John Dee. I’ve got a lot of the bases because I had to go a long way back to even vaguely understand what that was about. So, I did a lot of that 10 years ago.
- 7/13/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Stephen Schwartz's new musical, Schikaneder - The turbulent love story behind The Magic Flute is a romantic musical comedy about the actor, singer, director, writer and impresario Emanuel Schikaneder and his wife, Eleonore Schikaneder made its world premiere on 30 September 2016. It continues the Vbw's tradition of creating new in-house productions - the autumn production of Schikaneder will be the Raimund Theater's twelfth world premiere musical. Check out a sneak peek below...
- 10/4/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today we are talking to one of the most successful and accomplished composers and lyricists in Broadway and Hollywood history all about his participation in next week's hotly anticipated charity event Uprising Of Love, co-produced with Bruce Cohen, hosted by Jane Lynch and starring Sting and Patti LuPone, among others - the one and only Stephen Schwartz. Schwartz sheds lights on what inspired him to curate the evening, as well as previews some of the entertainment set to be on hand and what audiences can expect from the Dustin Lance Black-penned benefit to raise awareness of gay bullying and support equal rights for all. Additionally, Schwartz looks back at his many major musical landmarks and touches upon the current revival of Pippin as well as long-running Broadway hit Wicked and the currently in development film adaptation of it. Plus, Schwartz comments on the upcoming screen-to-stage adaptation of The Hunchback Of Notre Dame,...
- 9/9/2014
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Starz has just landed veteran British actor Simon Callow to its growing cast for the upcoming series, “Outlander.” Callow will play the Duke of Sandringham, the network announced on Friday. He’s described as opulent and flamboyant with the propensity for all things beautiful and rarely hears the word no. Over the course of the show, it will be revealed that he has his hands in a few different cookie jars. See photo: Starz’s ‘Outlander’ Reveals First Look at Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser Among Callow’s many television and movie credits are the acclaimed 1984 film, “Amadeus,” in which he played Emanuel Schikaneder.
- 12/6/2013
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
Review: Beautiful music and an epic setting come together for Kenneth Branagh’s The Magic Flute The creative tools at writer/director Kenneth Branagh’s disposal for his lavish, World War I-set, English-language adaptation of Mozart’s 1791 opera The Magic Flute begin with an attractive cast of emerging opera stars including Metropolitan Opera lyric bass René Pape. Production designer Tim Harvey helps Branagh recreate the No Man’s Land battlefields of World War I era France with epic dazzle. Los Angeles Opera music director James Conlon and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe bring to life Mozart’s timeless score. Actor and writer Stephen Fry adapts Emanuel Schikaneder’s original German libretto into an accessible English version with Branagh providing the screenplay. The result is a lively mix of cinematic imagery and stage opera staging. Branagh’s movie may fail to capture the spark of watching a live performance at one...
- 6/29/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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