Zauber

The Zauber   tondo   was  created  in  response  to  the  commission  Igor  Kufayev   received  from  Sir  Elton John's  AIDS  Foundation,  which  was   to  accompany  the  performance  of  Mozart's  infamous  opera   ''Die  Zauberflote''  at  Christie's  head-quoters  at  St James &... more

The Zauber   tondo   was  created  in  response  to  the  commission  Igor  Kufayev   received  from  Sir  Elton John's  AIDS  Foundation,  which  was   to  accompany  the  performance  of  Mozart's  infamous  opera   ''Die  Zauberflote''  at  Christie's  head-quoters  at  St James  in  London,  in  the  autumn  of  1995.  In  the  words  of  an  art   critic  Brian  Sewell:  
'' [ Kufayev ] personifies  the ancient  elements  of  the  Masonic  mysteries  that  lie  at  the  heart  of  Die  Zauberflote:  Earth  and  Water  as  women,  Air  and  Fire  as  men,  and  in  their   sensual  conjunctions,  hints  at  the  humorous  and  erotic  sub-texts  with  which  Mozart  brings  comedy  to  an  opera  of high  seriousness.''  less