Oper
Die Zauberflöte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Information
Grand Opera in two acts | Text by Emanuel Schikaneder
Comment
Grand Opera in two acts | Text by Emanuel Schikaneder | Playing time ca. 3 hours | One intermission
This delightful mélange of tragic opera, mysterious magic game, and droll popular theater defies all attempts at classification. Mozart’s last work for the stage is at once a fairy tale and theater for the ages, written in a world on the cusp of historic and social upheaval. The opera was premiered in 1791, when Europe was already beginning the transition from the Enlightenment to the Romantic period. The experiences of the French Revolution are reflected here, as is the growing artistic interest in the darker sides of humankind, as well as the suppressed and the irrational. Like two sides of one coin, the Queen of the Night’s and Sarastro’s two opposing spheres of power are pitted against one another. Sarastro has kidnapped Pamina, the Queen’s daughter, in order to instruct and raise her according to his philosophy. The Queen sends Prince Tamino and the naïve bird catcher Papageno on a mission to Sarastro’s kingdom to find her beloved daughter. A magic flute and a glockenspiel are their only weapons against deadly perils.
Cast
Direction
Musikalische Leitung Christoph Gedschold, Inszenierung Ralf Nürnberger, Bühne Yadegar Asisi, Kostüme Claudia Rühle, Einstudierung Chor Thomas Eitler-de Lint, Chor der Oper Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester
Cast members
- Königin der Nacht Gloria Rehm
- Pamina Julia Sophie Wagner
- Erste Dame Magdalena Hinterdobler
- Zweite Dame Sandra Maxheimer
- Dritte Dame Christiane Döcker
- Papagena Stefania Abbondi
- 1. Knabe Eva Möritz
- 2. Knabe Katharina von Haßel
- 3. Knabe Annika Westlund
- Tamino Matthew Newlin
- Papageno Jonathan Michie
- Sarastro Sejong Chang
- Monostatos Martin Petzold
- Sprecher Jakob Kunath
- Ein Priester Alvaro Zambrano
- Erster geharnischter Mann Sven Hjörleifsson
- Zweiter geharnischter Mann Jean-Baptiste Mouret
- Erster Sklave Vincent Turregano
- Zweiter Sklave Ivo Spaček
- Dritter Sklave Andreas Scholz