BYU Studies Quarterly
Article Title
Adaptation, Enactment, and Ingmar Bergman's Magic Flute
Keywords
Ingmar Bergman, Trollflöjten, Motion picture, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zauberflöte, Film adaptations
Abstract
For all of its manifold musical glories, The Magic Flute was and is a theatrical work, meant for production and performance, and that repeatedly. As such, I will be concentrating on the opera's theatrical and cinematic elements. This article treats Ingmar Bergman's felicitous 1975 film adaptation of opera. Those inclined can find much to complain about in Bergman's cinematic version of Mozart's opera, but I would like to suggest that, with sympathy and openness, this complaining could give way to approval and great gratitude. In this Magic Flute, we have an interpretation worthy of its source, which is saying a great deal.
Recommended Citation
Duncan, Dean W.
(2004)
"Adaptation, Enactment, and Ingmar Bergman's Magic Flute,"
BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 43:
Iss.
3, Article 18.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol43/iss3/18