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Who are the characters in the story The Magic Flute?
Pamina – daughter of the Queen of the Night (soprano)
What is the name of the popular duet from The Magic Flute which characters sing the song?
To book tickets or find out more about the Royal Opera House, head to www.roh.org.uk — Soprano Diana Damrau sings ‘Der Hölle Rache’, the famous Queen of the Night aria from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, with Dorothea Röschmann as Pamina.
What is Papagenos role in The Magic Flute?
Papageno plays his magic bells, rendering the villain and his henchmen harmless. Sarastro enters and tells Pamina she is free to marry but not to return to her mother. Tamino is brought in by Monostatos, who demands a reward from Sarastro but instead gets punished.
What is Papageno’s role in The Magic Flute?
Papageno is a character from Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. He is half man and half bird. Papageno is in the service of the Queen of the Night, for whom he catches birds. In return, he receives daily food and drink from the queen, and not in short supply: he is allowed to fill his stomach with wine and sugar bread.
What does the Queen of the Night want her daughter to do?
It depicts a fit of vengeful rage in which the Queen of the Night places a knife into the hand of her daughter Pamina and exhorts her to assassinate Sarastro, the Queen’s rival, else she will disown and curse Pamina.
Is the Queen evil in magic flute?
The Queen of the Night is the main villain of the Austrian opera The Magic Flute by Mozart as well as of its adaptations.
What is the Queen of the Night aria called?
Der Hölle Rache
Her aria ‘Der Hölle Rache’, more commonly known as the Queen of the Night aria, reaches an astonishingly high, Mariah Carey-level F6 above top C. It’s an aria reserved only for the most daring sopranos, like Mozart’s sister-in-law Josepha Hofer (the original Queen of the Night) and German opera singer Diana Damrau.
Who is the character Papageno in The Magic Flute?
Emanuel Schikaneder
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 30 September 1791 Conductor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|---|
| Papageno | bass | Emanuel Schikaneder |
| Pamina | soprano | Anna Gottlieb |
| The Queen of the Night | soprano | Josepha Hofer |
| Sarastro | bass | Franz Xaver Gerl |
What did you learn from the story The Magic Flute?
The story of The Magic Flute focuses on the triumph of reason and virtue over irrationality and evil. This concept was important in Freemasonry, a fraternal order that was popular during the Enlightenment and of which Mozart was a member.
What is the story behind the Magic Flute Part 2?
Der Zauberflöte zweyter Theil (1798) and a fragmentary libretto by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe titled The Magic Flute Part Two . The allegorical plot was influenced by Schikaneder and Mozart’s interest in Freemasonry and concerns the initiation of Prince Tamino.
Who sings the Queen of the Night aria from Mozart’s The Magic Flute?
Soprano Diana Damrau sings ‘Der Hölle Rache’, the famous Queen of the Night aria from Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Mozart wrote Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) for a suburban theatre in Vienna, the Theater auf der Wieden. He drew on the magical spectacle and earthy comedy of popular Viennese theatre.
Is Mozart’s Magic Flute esoteric?
The Magic Flute unveiled: esoteric symbolism in Mozart’s masonic opera. An interpretation of the libretto and the music. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International. ISBN 9780892813582. Schikaneder, Emanuel; von Winter, Peter (1992). Jahrmärker, Manuela; Waidelich, Till Gerrit (eds.).