Impempe Yomlingo = Flûte enchantée : opera en deux actes /
In this opera, based on the original libretto, The Magic Flute (Impempe Yomlingo in original South African language) is interpreted by the black members of the Isango Portobello Company from South Africa, wearing folkloric costumes. The symphonic orchestra got replaced by marimbas, percussions and a...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | Sung and spoken in Xhosa with subtitles in French. |
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Paris :
Windrose,
2010.
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| Series: | Classical Music in Video
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | In this opera, based on the original libretto, The Magic Flute (Impempe Yomlingo in original South African language) is interpreted by the black members of the Isango Portobello Company from South Africa, wearing folkloric costumes. The symphonic orchestra got replaced by marimbas, percussions and an African choir. The story is located in a township, where various languages spoken in South Africa are used. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 25, 2014). Musical adaption and arrangement of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte by Mandisi Dyantyis, Mbali Kgosidintsi, Pauline Malefane, Nolufefe Mtschabe. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (108 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 01:47:27 |