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The Magic Flute
TV Episode | 120 min | Family, Music
The live color broadcast of W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman's new English-language version of "The Magic Flute" commemorates the 200th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Director
Kirk Browning
Writers
Emanuel Schikaneder (libretto) | W.H. Auden (dialogue: English translation) | Chester Kallman (dialogue: English translation)
Production Designer
Rouben Ter-Arutunian (scenery by)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 15, 1956
Release date
Jan 15, 1956 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmy Awards.

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21 cast members
Name Known for
Adelaide Bishop
Papagena Papagena   See fewer
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Walter Carlin
First Armored Man First Armored Man   See fewer
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Harry Davis
Third Slave Third Slave   See fewer
American Gigolo (1980)
Theodore Davis
Third Spirit Third Spirit   See fewer
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Laurel Hurley
Queen of the Night Queen of the Night   See fewer
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William Lewis
Tamino Tamino   See fewer
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Eda Lioy
Queen's Third Attendant Queen's Third Attendant   See fewer
NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949)
Francois Martinet
Queen's First Attendant Queen's First Attendant   See fewer
NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949)
Andrew McKinley
Monostatos Monostatos   See fewer
Hallmark Hall of Fame (I) (1951)
Barbara Milberg
Queen's Second Attendant Queen's Second Attendant   See fewer
NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949)
Philip Neuheller
Second Spirit Second Spirit   See fewer
NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949)
Leontyne Price
Pamina Pamina   See fewer
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
John Reardon
Papageno Papageno   See fewer
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)
Billy Rollo
Second Slave Second Slave   See fewer
NBC Children's Theatre (1963)
Norman Rose
Second Priest Second Priest   See fewer
Radio Days (1987)
David Shapiro
First Slave First Slave   See fewer
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Alfred Shirley
Third Priest Third Priest   See fewer
King Richard II (1954)
Yi-Kwei Sze
Sarastro the High Priest Sarastro the High Priest   See fewer
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Dow Thompson
First Spirit First Spirit   See fewer
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John Vivyan
Second Armored Man Second Armored Man   See fewer
The Lawless Years (1959)
Chester Watson
First Priest First Priest   See fewer
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