Opera

Die Zauberflöte

The Magic Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Opera in two acts
Sung in German

Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
Premiere: 1791 in Vienna

Photo: Andreas J. Etter

The young prince Tamino falls in love with a portrait of Pamina. The Queen of the Night, Pamina's mother, commissions him to free her daughter from the clutches of her adversary Sarastro. Alongside the jolly bird catcher Papageno, and with he help of an enchanted glockenspiel and magic flute, Tamino sets off on a dangerous journey in search of his beloved.

"Die Zauberflöte" is one of Mozart's most popular and enigmatic operas. Since its Viennese premiere in December 1791, it remains one of the most frequently performed operas in the world, thrilling audiences of all ages with its unique fairytale plot and philosophical ideology.

Cast

Conductor Konrad Junghänel
Direction & Design
Video Gérard Naziri
Video
Lighting Design Klaus Krauspenhaar
Chorus Master Albert Horne
Dramaturgy Regine Palmai

Sarastro Young Doo Park, Albert Pesendorfer
Tamino Matthew Swensen, Andrei Danilov, Martin Piskorski, Gustavo Quaresma
The Queen of the Night Aleksandra Jovanović
Queen of the Night Rainelle Krause
Pamina Anna El-Khashem, Sumi Hwang
Papageno Christopher Bolduc, Benjamin Russell
Papagena Stella An
Monostatos Erik Biegel
First Lady Sharon Kempton
Second Lady Fleuranne Brockway
Third Lady Romina Boscolo
Speaker of the Temple, First Priest, Second Armoured Man KS Thomas de Vries
Second Priest, First Armoured Man Ralf Rachbauer
Three child-spirits Solisten des Knabenchores der Chorakademie Dortmund
Chor des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden, Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden