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Summary: For Music Teachers
Comment: This CD version of Mozart's magic flute is wonderful. I use this with my sixt grade music class and they really get into it. The humor is very cute and makes it easy for the students to follow. The only thing I have trouble with is explaining that sarah doesnt really exist in the real opera and that sadly the dragon dies in the real opera. So I usually tell them that Sarah acts as our narrator through the story and the dragon helps. Then when they watch the met version of the opera they are extremely interested to see the actors on stage (where without this particular CD, they were'nt as excited as before). Definatley a GREAT buy, just make sure your intension is for children rather than adults. Very cute version!!
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Summary: I'm 21, and I just bought the mp3 version...
Comment: I don't remember my parents buying me this cassette... i was homeschooled and we owned every single one of the tapes in this collection. my mother and i knew the words to the songs and all the dialogue, and we still reference them in conversation lol. i do remember singing along with all the songs when i was little and now, I know the melody to every single aria in the opera and am trying very hard to learn the german words so i can sing along with the real thing. :)
the story is so funny, and they do a wonderful job of translating the words so that they make sense to the children.
man... i wanna be the Queen of the Night... she's kickass haha
and yes, I really did just buy the mp3 of this on iTunes. and not for the boys i nanny, either... for me!
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Summary: Great intro to opera!
Comment: I'm a general music teacher for grades K-2. I was a vocal major in college, and I am an opera singer. I really wanted to do an introduction to opera with my 2nd graders, and I think this CD is a great tool to do just that. The Magic Flute is one of my favorite operas, and it's a perfect story for kids. The child narrator really makes the opera more approachable for children, and the performers have very clear, expressive voices, so the story is easy to follow.
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Summary: Magic Flute interpreted for children
Comment: Outstanding way to introduce children to the classics in opera. Seems certain that this exposure will make them love music and expand their horizons. Album is expertly professional.
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Summary: Incredible! A blessing for your kids and yourself
Comment: I have listen to this CD in the car during trips for the last 10 years, when my kids were 4,6 and 7. They all adore it! It is the best way to get kids into classical music and onto the magic of Mozart. Highly reccomended!
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