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Die
Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Die
Zauberflöte Singspiel Opera in two acts
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Premiered Wiedener Theater, Vienna, 30 September 1791
The
Characters |
Name |
Description |
Voice
Type |
Premiere Cast |
Sarastro |
Priest of Isis and Osiris |
bass |
Franz Xaver Gerl |
Queen of the Night |
|
soprano |
Josepha Hofer |
Pamina |
daughter of the Queen of the Night |
soprano |
Anna Gottlieb |
Tamino |
a Javanese prince |
tenor |
Benedikt Schack |
Papageno |
a birdcatcher, employed by the Queen of the Night |
baritone |
Emanuel Schikaneder |
Old woman, later, Papagena |
|
soprano |
Barbara Gerl |
Sprecher |
|
bass |
'Herr Winter' |
Three priests |
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·
first priest - tenor
· second priest - bass
· third priest - bass |
·
Johann Michael Kistler
· Urban Schikaneder
· 'Herr Moll' |
Monostatos |
a Moor, overseer of the Temple |
tenor |
Johann Joseph Nouseul |
Three ladies |
attendants of the Queen |
·
first Lady - soprano
· second Lady - soprano/ mezzo-soprano
· third lady - soprano/ contralto |
·
'Mlle Klöpfer
· 'Mlle Hofmann'
· Elisabeth Schack |
Three boys (the Spirits) |
|
sopranos |
·
Anna Schikaneder
· Anselm Handelgruber
· Franz Anton Maurer |
Two armoured men |
|
·
first armoured man - tenor second · armoured man -
bass |
·
Johann Michael Kistler
· 'Herr Moll' |
Three slaves |
|
spoken |
·
Carl Ludwig Gieseke
· Wilhelm Frasel
· 'Herr Starke' |
The
Setting |
Ancient Egypt |
The
Opera |
1 |
Overture |
Act
I |
Role |
2 |
No. 1: Introduction |
'Zu Hülfe! Zu Hülfe!' |
Tamino, three ladies |
3 |
Dialogue |
'Wo bin ich?'
|
Tamino |
4 |
No. 2: Aria |
'Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja'
|
Papageno |
5 |
Dialogue |
'He da!'
|
Tamino, Papageno, three ladies |
6 |
No. 3: Aria |
'Dies Bildnis ist bezanbernd schön'
|
Tamino |
7 |
Dialogue |
'Schöner Jüngling!'
|
three ladies, Tamino |
8 |
Dialogue |
'Ihr Götter, was ist das?'
|
Tamino, three ladies |
9 |
No. 4: Recitative and Aria |
'O zittre nicht' |
Queen of the Night |
10 |
Dialogue |
'Ist es auch Wirklichkeit'
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Tamino |
11 |
No. 5: Quintet |
'Hm, hm, hm, hm, hm!' |
Papageno, Tamino, three ladies |
12 |
No. 6: Trio |
'Du feines Täubchen, nur herein!'
|
Monostatos, Pamina, Papageno |
13 |
Dialogue |
'Bin ich nicht ein Narr'
|
Pamina, Papageno |
14 |
No. 7: Duet |
'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen'
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Pamina, Papageno |
No. 8: Finale I |
15 |
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'Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn'
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three boys, Tamino |
16 |
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'Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben'
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Tamino, sprecher, chorus |
17 |
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'Wo willst du, kühner Fremdling, hin?'
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sprecher, Tamino |
18 |
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'Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton'
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Tamino |
19 |
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'Schnelle Füße, rascher Mut'
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Pamina, Papageno, Monostatos, chorus |
20 |
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'Es lebe Sarastro, Sarastro lebe'
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chorus, Papageno, Pamina |
21 |
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'Herr, ich bin zwar Verbrecherin'
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Pamina, Sarastro, Monostatos, chorus |
22 |
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'Wenn Tugend und Gerechtigkeit'
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chorus |
Act
II |
Role |
1 |
No. 9 |
Marsch der Priester |
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2 |
Dialogue |
'Ihr, Diener der großen Götter'
|
Sarastro, two priests |
3 |
No. 9a |
Der dreimalige Akkord
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4 |
Dialogue |
'Sarastro dankt euch'
|
Sarastro, second priest |
5 |
No. 10: Aria with Chorus |
'O Isis und Osiris' |
Sarastro, chorus |
6 |
Dialogue |
'Eine schreckliche Nacht'
|
Tamino, Papageno, two priests |
7 |
No. 11: Duet |
'Bewahret euch vor Weibertücken' |
two priests |
8 |
Dialogue |
'He, Lichter her!'
|
Papageno, Tamino |
9 |
No. 12: Quintet |
'Wie, wie, wie?' |
three ladies, Papageno, Tamino, chorus |
10 |
Dialogue |
'Jüngling! Dein standhaft männliches Betragen'
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two priests, Papageno |
11 |
Dialogue |
'Ha, da find’ ich ja die spröde Schöne!'
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Monostatos |
12 |
No. 13: Aria |
'Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden'
|
Queen of the Night |
13 |
Dialogue |
'Zurück!'
|
Queen of the Night, Pamina, Monostatos |
14 |
No. 14: Aria |
'Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen'
|
Queen of the Night |
15 |
Dialogue |
'Morden soll ich?'
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Pamina, Monostatos |
16 |
No. 15: Aria |
'In diesen heil'gen Hallen'
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Sarastro |
17 |
Dialogue |
'Hier seid ihr euch beide allein überlassen'
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two priests, Papageno, Tamino |
18 |
Dialogue |
'Prost'
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Papageno, Papagena |
19 |
No. 16: Trio |
'Seid uns zum zweitenmal willkommen'
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three boys |
20 |
Dialogue |
'Tamino, wollen wir nicht speisen?'
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Papageno, Pamina |
21 |
No. 17: Aria |
'Ach, ich fühl’s'
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Pamina |
22 |
Dialogue |
'Nicht wahr, Tamino'
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Papageno |
23 |
No 18: Chorus |
'O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne'
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chorus of priests |
24 |
Dialogue |
'Prinz, dein Betragen'
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Sarastro, Pamina |
25 |
No. 19: Trio |
'Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr seh’n?'
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Pamina, Sarastro, Tamino |
26 |
Dialogue |
'Tamino! Tamino!'
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Papageno, a voice, two priests |
27 |
No. 20: Aria |
'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen'
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Papageno |
28 |
Dialogue |
'Da bin ich schon, mein Engel!'
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Papagena, Papageno, second priest |
No. 21: Finale II |
29 |
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'Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden'
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three boys, Pamina |
30 |
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'Der, welcher wandert diese Straße voll
Beschwerden'
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armoured men, Tamino, Pamina |
31 |
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'Tamino mein! O welch ein Glück'
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Pamina, Tamino, armoured men |
32 |
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'Wir wandelten durch Feuersgluten'
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Papageno, Tamino, chorus |
33 |
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'Papagena! Papagena!'
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Papageno, three boys |
34 |
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'Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-Papagena!'
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Papageno, Papagena |
35 |
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'Nur stille, stille, stille!' - 'Die Strahlen der Sonne'
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Monostatos, Queen of the Night, three ladies, Sarastro, chorus |
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Notes
The story of this opera is based mainly on the tale
'Lulu' or 'The Magic Flute' from the Dschinnistan (1789).
Sources
Branscombe, P. W.A. Mozart, die Zauberflöte. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Zauberflöte [CD].
Ramey, Studer, Te Kanawa, Araiza, Bär et al, Academy of
St Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner,
recorded 1989, Philips, 1990.
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