The Magic Flute - Schedule, Program & Tickets
The Magic Flute
Great opera in two acts
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
First performance on September 30, 1791 in Vienna
Premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on September 24, 1991
recommended for ages 10 and up
In German with German and English surtitles
3 hours / one break
Introduction: 45 minutes before the start of the performance in the foyer on the right
Prince Tamino is threatened by a wild dragon. At the last minute he was saved by three mysterious women, envoys from the Queen of the Night. When the birdcatcher Papageno appears and boasts of the heroic deed, they punish him. They present the prince with a picture of Pamina, the queen's daughter, who is being held captive by the ruler of the sun temple, Sarastro. Tamino falls in love with her. Then the queen herself appears and orders him to save Pamina with Papageno. A magic flute is supposed to protect him from danger, the reluctant Papageno is given a magical chime. Led by three boys, the two make their way to Sarastro's castle. While Tamino is rejected twice by the castle guards and the third time instructed that Sarastro is not the cruel despot the queen has portrayed him as, Papageno finds Pamina and tries to escape with her. He can keep your guard Monostatos in check with the help of the carillon, but the appearance of Sarastro destroys all efforts. Papageno, Pamina and Tamino have to stay in Sarastro's temple. You will be asked to undergo life-threatening tests. First of all they have to learn to be silent, a difficult undertaking especially for Papageno. When an old woman comes along, he can't take it anymore and asks her for her name. With a clap of thunder, it disappears again. Papageno consoles himself with food and drink, which are served to the two in a miraculous way, only Tamino is silent and plays on his flute. Pamina comes and is desperate because Tamino no longer speaks to her. Her mother previously tried in vain to persuade her to murder Sarastro. When she wants to end her life, the three boys snatch the dagger from her and lead her to Tamino. Both pass through fire and water, protected by the flute, and have thus passed all tests. Meanwhile, in his loneliness, Papageno wishes the old woman to come back and promises her "as long as nothing better can be found" that he will take her as his wife. Suddenly she transforms into a young, pretty girl, but the time has not yet come, she will be torn from him again. In desperation he wants to kill himself, but the three boys remind him of the carillon. Its sound calls Papagena, and both dream of a happy future. The other couple is also happy: Tamino and Pamina are accepted into the community of initiates and glorify the ideals of nature, wisdom and reason. Only the Queen of the Night comes to a bad end: When she tries to penetrate the temple with her entourage, she is engulfed by the forces of darkness.
Mozart's ZAUBERFLÖTE, the most played opera in the German-speaking area, the multi-layered masterpiece in the unusual mixture of Viennese folk theater and Masonic mystery, fairy tales and myths, still puzzles us today: Did Mozart and his lyricist Schikaneder switch between the queen of the Night and Sarastro? Isn't there a need to mistrust the all-too-perfect world of priests and their ideology, which divides the world into good and bad? Are there not even traces of a distance between text and music, as some Mozart specialists suspect? At the same time, it is precisely the music that elevates the contradictions of the plot into the cosmic. She does not denounce her characters, but gives her conflicts an existential dimension. Without them the opera would sound like an irrational fairy tale.
occupation
Musical director Dominic Limburg
Production by Günter Krämer
Stage, costumes Andreas Reinhardt
Choirs Thomas Richter
Sarastro Tobias Kehrer
Tamino Attilio Glaser
Speaker Noel Bouley
1. Priest Padraic Rowan
2. Priest Gideon Poppe
Queen of the Night Aleksandra Jovanovic
Pamina Valeriia Savinskaia
1. Lady Flurina Stucki
2. Lady Karis Tucker
3. Lady Gina Perregrino
Papagena Meechot Marrero
Papageno Philipp Jekal
Monostatos Burkhard Ulrich
1. Clemens Bieber in armor
2. Armored Patrick Guetti
Three boys soloists of the Tölzer Boys Choir
Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Subject to changes.
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
First performance on September 30, 1791 in Vienna
Premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on September 24, 1991
recommended for ages 10 and up
In German with German and English surtitles
3 hours / one break
Introduction: 45 minutes before the start of the performance in the foyer on the right
Prince Tamino is threatened by a wild dragon. At the last minute he was saved by three mysterious women, envoys from the Queen of the Night. When the birdcatcher Papageno appears and boasts of the heroic deed, they punish him. They present the prince with a picture of Pamina, the queen's daughter, who is being held captive by the ruler of the sun temple, Sarastro. Tamino falls in love with her. Then the queen herself appears and orders him to save Pamina with Papageno. A magic flute is supposed to protect him from danger, the reluctant Papageno is given a magical chime. Led by three boys, the two make their way to Sarastro's castle. While Tamino is rejected twice by the castle guards and the third time instructed that Sarastro is not the cruel despot the queen has portrayed him as, Papageno finds Pamina and tries to escape with her. He can keep your guard Monostatos in check with the help of the carillon, but the appearance of Sarastro destroys all efforts. Papageno, Pamina and Tamino have to stay in Sarastro's temple. You will be asked to undergo life-threatening tests. First of all they have to learn to be silent, a difficult undertaking especially for Papageno. When an old woman comes along, he can't take it anymore and asks her for her name. With a clap of thunder, it disappears again. Papageno consoles himself with food and drink, which are served to the two in a miraculous way, only Tamino is silent and plays on his flute. Pamina comes and is desperate because Tamino no longer speaks to her. Her mother previously tried in vain to persuade her to murder Sarastro. When she wants to end her life, the three boys snatch the dagger from her and lead her to Tamino. Both pass through fire and water, protected by the flute, and have thus passed all tests. Meanwhile, in his loneliness, Papageno wishes the old woman to come back and promises her "as long as nothing better can be found" that he will take her as his wife. Suddenly she transforms into a young, pretty girl, but the time has not yet come, she will be torn from him again. In desperation he wants to kill himself, but the three boys remind him of the carillon. Its sound calls Papagena, and both dream of a happy future. The other couple is also happy: Tamino and Pamina are accepted into the community of initiates and glorify the ideals of nature, wisdom and reason. Only the Queen of the Night comes to a bad end: When she tries to penetrate the temple with her entourage, she is engulfed by the forces of darkness.
Mozart's ZAUBERFLÖTE, the most played opera in the German-speaking area, the multi-layered masterpiece in the unusual mixture of Viennese folk theater and Masonic mystery, fairy tales and myths, still puzzles us today: Did Mozart and his lyricist Schikaneder switch between the queen of the Night and Sarastro? Isn't there a need to mistrust the all-too-perfect world of priests and their ideology, which divides the world into good and bad? Are there not even traces of a distance between text and music, as some Mozart specialists suspect? At the same time, it is precisely the music that elevates the contradictions of the plot into the cosmic. She does not denounce her characters, but gives her conflicts an existential dimension. Without them the opera would sound like an irrational fairy tale.
occupation
Musical director Dominic Limburg
Production by Günter Krämer
Stage, costumes Andreas Reinhardt
Choirs Thomas Richter
Sarastro Tobias Kehrer
Tamino Attilio Glaser
Speaker Noel Bouley
1. Priest Padraic Rowan
2. Priest Gideon Poppe
Queen of the Night Aleksandra Jovanovic
Pamina Valeriia Savinskaia
1. Lady Flurina Stucki
2. Lady Karis Tucker
3. Lady Gina Perregrino
Papagena Meechot Marrero
Papageno Philipp Jekal
Monostatos Burkhard Ulrich
1. Clemens Bieber in armor
2. Armored Patrick Guetti
Three boys soloists of the Tölzer Boys Choir
Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Subject to changes.
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