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Happy birthday Mozart! Q: Have a favorite Papageno type? Favorite Singer?
Papageno is often called "jolly Papageno" but the character is interpreted different ways. He's the only complex character in The Magic Flute.
My nominees for
Best melancholy Papageno - Simon Keenlyside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Qq-DeEXhw
Best feisty Papageno - Christian Gerhaher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J28YyBeAfg
Best jolly Papageno - William Workman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcZu9PsBEDg
259 AND GOIN' STRONG WOLFY!
Trivia: If the dialog in the Keenlyside clip seems a bit strange, it's because German has a pronoun that can't be translated.
"[pronoun] are you?" (translated "who")
"What a question! I'm a man, like you!"
1 Answer
- 6 years ago
Thank you for mentioning Mozart's birthday, even if I am two days late and forgot to decorate. My favorite Papageno goes back some years, I would have been a tiny toddler when this recording came out, but I do like Walter Berry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqtPHFiHV8c
He transitions between the goofy bits and the serious bits seemingly without effort.
