Travel is an important element in Mozart’s Magic Flute Diaries. Learn how travelling gave Tom a new love and lease on life.
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Through the power of music, and the separate challenges that they face, both Masha and Tom find true with each other.
Mozart’s The Magic Flute, is a fairy tale opera that is a sweeping tale of love that is also rich in symbolism.
About one hundred years after composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived and worked in Salzburg, the first Mozartkugel (Mozart ball) was created by hand by confectioner Paul Fürst. This was in…
An Introduction to the ideas behind the Magic Flute Diaries, by Kevin Sullivan: I was interested in producing a stylized film, shot in CGI on a virtual set, using…
Ever wanted to try Making a Flute? We’re going to teach you how, with a little twist. The first step is to cut out a piece of a cardboard roll…
Wolfgang Amadeus grew up in a very musical household. His father, Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (Nov 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist and teacher. Born…
New historical documents prove that for most of his life, Mozart was not poor – he was a part of high society, and as such he was fairly wealthy. Although…
Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756 in a third floor apartment, Getreidegasse 9. He grew up in that apartment as the youngest of the family. He began showing signs…
Beethoven was only sixteen when he travelled from Bonn to Vienna in 1787 to meet Mozart. He had a letter of introduction from a mutual acquaintance and went to see…
In Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, councilors are trying to put speakers in place around the Willow Street bus stop area to stop crime. This area has become frustrating for…
Yet another study on the benefits of classic music has been done – and this time, it seems Mozart helps not just the ears, but with eyesight as well. The…
Maria Anna Mozart, Wolfgang’s older sister by five years, was one of the best pianists in Europe until Wolfgang started playing. She was nicknamed Nannerl, and was able to play…
The article, Experts are Weeding Out Impostor Portraits of Mozart, it explains that researchers feel as though the popular image of Mozart, like that in the film Amadeus, has given…
Mozart’s Magic Flute Diaries was shot primarily with the aid of green screens. Director Kevin Sullivan traveled throughout Europe taking photos to use as backgrounds for this colorful adventure. In…
Mozart seems to be a favourite figure for statuary across the world. Here are our top five favourite Mozart statues. 5. New York The statue is located in the Concert…
Mozart’s death at the age of thirty-five was described as being caused by ‘severe miliary fever’. This was diagnosed in the posthumous report by a parish register. Mozart had been sickly…
Read more here about the discovery of a fascinating music manuscript written and composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart http://www.classical-music.com/news/mozart-manuscript-found-reading-charity-shop
Like many mysteries, this one was hiding in plain sight. A portrait of a 18th century figure has been confirmed as a portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The portrait has…
In this short clip, Kevin Sullivan talks about the freedom to create mood and weather that was provided by filming against green screen. This was not Kevin’s only time being…
Here are a couple of quotes in which Mozart talks about genius and the work involved in achieving his status. “Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor…
When making Magic Flute Diaries, Kevin Sullivan called upon an opera star who was already familiar with this challenging role. Erin Windle, an American, was able to expertly perform the…
What makes this soundtrack unique is that it attempts to collect the highlights of Mozart’s opera, without trying to reproduce it all. Also, the lyrics have been translated and…
Although Tom, played by Warren Christie, participates in an extensive train chase, there was only ever one train car built. When he exited one side of the train, we resumed…
For Mozart’s Magic Flute Diaries, many of the most popular selections from Mozart’s original score are performed on screen. Long before the cameras started rolling the vocalists made their way…
Shooting into blacks created a real spooky tone that matched the mystery required by certain parts of the film. For the non-green screen shots filmed at Sullivan Entertainment’s studio in…
Schubert’s Deutsche Chronik gives the following account about Mozart when he was only 19. “In Munich during last winter, I was fortunate to hear two of the foremost keyboard players,…
The story of the magic flute diaries: Tom and his girlfriend travel to the Austrian capital to audition for an authentic baroque production to be presented by a North American…
The Magic Flute was entirely created using CGI technology with all of the filming being done on a virtual set. The impossibility of shooting on location in Salzburg, Austria, inspired…
Despite Mozart’s short, strained, and difficult life, he was able to produce timeless works, of which the Magic Flute was only one of many. Despite The Magic Flute’s tremendous success,…