Scene 3 – A Grove in front of three temples. They sing a duet Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen, praising true love, and hoping for Papageno too, to find a soulmate soon. He also mentions that the Prince is in love with her. Papageno succeeds in explaining who he is, who she is, and that he’s been sent by a Prince to save her. The two men both see the devil in the other, and Monostatos runs away. Papageno shows up just as Monostatos tries to have his way with Pamina. So, they begin their journey to save the Princess. These are sometimes sung by sopranos, especially in cd-recordings where nobody sees them anyway. They will also have three child-spirits, to guide them in their quest. Tamino gets a magic golden flute, and Papageno gets a magic glockenspiel/set of bells. If Tamino frees her, she will be his (…No matter what Pamina thinks about it.). Pamina, her daughter, is captured by a fierce demon called Sarastro. The Queen of the Night appears and sings O zittre nicht, mein lieber sohn (Do not tremble, my dear son.), the first of her two extremely difficult arias. Please keep your phone turned off when inside the theater. Print it, fold it, and keep it in your pocket as a help when you’re at the Opera. This was his last Opera.ĭownload this short Pdf-guide. Mozart passed away on December 5, that same year. Mozart’s friend and colleague Benedikt Schack sang Tamino and Mozart’s sister-in-law Josepha Hofer did the Queen of the Night. The librettist, director of the theater, and fellow masonic, Emanuel Schikaneder, played Papageno. The public was ordinary people, very different from his normal audience at the noble Palaces. This was, at the time, a very successful theater in the suburbs of Vienna. The Magic Flute premiered at the Theater auf der Wieden. The contraposition between male and female is also very obvious. Open to various interpretations.) is based upon the Enlightenment theories. The whole idea of the contraposition between Sarastro (Symbolizing reason) and the Queen of the Night (Symbolizing the forces, in this world, that obstruct reason.
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It’s also full of references to the Enlightenment. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was part of a Mason Lodge, and the opera is full of references to Masonry and it’s symbols. Today, The Magic Flute is often performed translated into the local language. The operas for the court, even in Austria, were all in Italian, at this time. The songs were simpler, often strophic, and the language was more burlesque and understandable… It was always in the local dialect. Anyway, it was always lighter, funnier and more parodic than the Italian opera. The Magic Flute is a comedy, which a Singspiel almost always was. At least in the theatres outside the court. While in Italy the tradition of recitativo, sung dialogue, was very strong, in England, Germany, and France, the use of spoken language was common. The Magic Flute is a Singspiel, a Sung drama. Often the costumes bring us to imagine a 1700-environment, but it could be told in any context, as it’s a fairy tale. It doesn’t matter though as the story is told in a fantastic landscape with fantastic characters. Background – The Magic Flute is set in… Egypt … maybe. Mother of Pamina, and Sarastro’s rival.ĭownload this short Pdf-guide.
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Running Time – From 2 hours and 10 minutes till almost 3 hours depending on tempi and cuts, plus Interval Premiere – September 30, 1791, Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna, Austria