Favourite Magical Moments in Opera

[Megan]

For me, the Papageno/Papagena duet is one of the most enchanting, magical moments from Mozart's Magic Flute.
The version I have posted here isn't the one I seen at ENO, but it is equally as lovely.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87UE2GC5db0&list=RD87UE2GC5db0#t=3[/YOUTUBE]

[Peter]

Well I can see this is a thread that can run and run, there are so many wonderful moments! How about the final trio from Richard Strauss 'Der Rosenkavalier'

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_BVNKiphrk[/YOUTUBE]

[Peter]

Another favourite - a rarity, the lovely Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings the celebrated aria 'Glück das mir verblieb' from the opera Die tote Stadt by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoGQd1dsAlw

[Harvey]

Well, by magical do you mean an opera with actual magic as part of the story, or do you mean magical in the broader sense of beautiful or delightful in such a way as to seem removed from everyday life. If the latter, I can find those scenes in La Cenerentola for sure and also in Fidelio--these being the only two operas I have much familiarity with as the handfull of operas I attended were 30 years ago and I have forgotten them for the most part.

[Peter]

We seem to have few opera fans here so I'll do another great moment!

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9680zhMmIqM[/YOUTUBE]

[Harvey]

The last 7 minutes of Abbado's La Cenerentola with Frederica von Stade's absolutely magical voice:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67vh5DRURY[/YOUTUBE]

[Megan]

Yes, Harvey, I meant magical and enchanting exactly as you describe it as the broader sense of beautiful or delightful in such a way as to seem removed from everyday life.

[Megan]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFahafcWH3c[/YOUTUBE]


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[Harvey]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFahafcWH3c[/YOUTUBE]


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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFahafcWH3c[/YOUTUBE]

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[Megan]

Thank you Harvey, I will remember to do that next time.

[gprengel]

I love opera, above all Mozart and Verdi (Don Carlos!). They give me so many magical moments that it's had for me to pick one, so I take these 2 rather unknown gems from Bizet's Pearl Fishers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT5LcQ_o8ow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Io-mYoPyE