William Jenks wrote: >Can anyone recommend a nice version sung in English translation? I know >that's anathema to a lot of folks, but he's interested in the story as well >as the music, and not old enough to appreciate either German or translated >liner notes. How very wonderful that he is interested at so young an age. The English National Opera has a series of recordings on the Chandos Label. I am not sure if they have gotten to Magic Flute yet, but they do have several other operas in English. That would be a place to start. If that fails, I might suggest that you look into the Classical Kids series on BMG records. There are several wonderful children's discs which place modern-day children into adventures with the great composers. There is a great deal of music on each disc as well. These are wonderful ways to introduce children to music. Some of the titles are: Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Mr. Bach Comes to Call, Mozart's Magic Fantasy, Tchailovsky Discovers America, Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery and so on. Highly recommended. Kevin Sutton