Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The stories of the lives of the great composers are told, including interviews with musical scholars, readings of their letters, and studio performances of their works.

A scintillating screen version of Mozart's beloved opera showcases Ingmar Bergman's deep knowledge of music and gift for expressing it cinematically. Casting some of Europe's finest soloists, the director lovingly recreated the baroque theater of Sweden's Drottningholm Palace to stage the story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil.

"Daniela Dessì and Delores Ziegler lead the cast in Mozart's brilliant and witty opera as the two women whose faithfulness in the face of romantic love is ruthlessly tested in Da Ponte's comic tale. Mozart lavishes some of the finest music ever written on the unfolding story of the two sisters' chaotic and fickle love affairs with their two Italian army officers."--Container.

Opera excerpts performed by Cecilia Bartoli and Bryn Terfel.

Follows the adventures of an aspiring teenage singer who is accepted to a prestigious musical boarding school, where he discovers a gateway into the world of Mozart's opera "The magic flute."