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The magic flute by Wolfgan Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute
Index Intro/ About the Opera ----------------------------8/9 About the Master: Mozart -----------------------10/11 Characters ---------------------------------------------12/13 Act.1 --------------------------------------------------------14/39 Act.2 --------------------------------------------------------40/61 Cast ---------------------------------------------------------62/63
Intro At the peak of his musical and dramatic maturity, after he’d written his Italian masterpieces, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan Tutte, can’t this Mozart incursion in the Singspiel domain, form of musical theatre in german that mixes recited and musical parts, mean a new involution in his artistic creation? He wrote The Magic Flute for a group of mediocre street performers from a theatre in periphery, to be showed to a rude and ignorant audience. In 1791, no production or body of work of Mozart indicates any conscience or premonition of his death, that his with the exception of Requiem. Mozart, in his ethical ideal, wrote The Magic Flute with plain conviction, passion and joy. As rich and musically complex as his preceding operas, the genius of the composer managed to find a way of making it representable by the company of popular theatre artists and make it easy to understand to the vast audience that the play aimed at. He was immediately rewarded with the biggest success.
About the Opera It’s no wonder The Magic Flute didn’t premiered in a cohort theatre, but in a popular scene: it wasn’t destined just to the experts and the elites, but to a wide community without any class privileges or any special artistic competence. The opera responded not to the deep analysis of the human psyche Mozart developed in the Bridge trilogy, but to collective humanitarian ideals, confronted with a conservative time hostile to the arts like the one of Leopold II had become, that succeeded to the opening of the illuminist reformism of Joseph II, killed in February 20th 1790. In the intelligible german language and with a music that conjugates, in the most refined and wise internal cohesion, the accessible Viennese popular music, the grand elaboration of the serious opera, the vocalic stunts of the Italian bel canto and the polyphonic severity of the Lutheran coir, Mozart explicits less of a dramatic action and more of a moral idea: the edenic myth of the golden age, that of human happiness, understood as the natural right of all beings, who must thrive to conquer it through purifying love.
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About the Master:
Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was not only one of the greatest composers of the Classical period, but one of the greatest of all time. Surprisingly, he is not identified with radical formal or harmonic innovations, or with the profound kind of symbolism heard in some of Bach’s works. Mozart’s best music has a natural flow and irresistible charm, and can express humor, joy or sorrow with both conviction and mastery. His operas, especially his later efforts, are brilliant examples of high art, as are many of his piano concertos and later symphonies. Even his lesser compositions and juvenile works feature much attractive and often masterful music.
Mozart was the last of seven children, of whom five did not survive early childhood. By the age of three he was playing the clavichord, and at four he began writing short compositions. Young Wolfgang gave his first public performance at the age of five at Salzburg University, and in January, 1762, he performed on harpsichord for the Elector of Bavaria. There are many astonishing accounts of the young Mozart’s precocity and ge-
nius. At the age of seven, for instance, he picked up a violin at a musical gathering and sight-read the second part of a work with complete accuracy, despite his never having had a violin lesson. In the early- and mid-1780s, Mozart composed many sonatas and quartets, and often appeared as soloist in the fifteen piano concertos he wrote during this period. Many of his commissions were for operas now, and Mozart met them with a string of masterpieces. Le nozze di Figaro came in 1786, Don Giovanni in 1787, CosĂŹ fan tutte in 1790 and Die ZauberflĂśte in 1791. Mozart made a number of trips in his last years, and while his health had been fragile in previous times, he displayed no serious condition or illness until he developed a fever of unknown origin near the end of 1791.
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Characters
Name
Role
Tamino
Tenor
Papageno
Baritone
Pamina
Soprano
Sarastro
Bass
Queen of the Night
Coloratura Soprano
Three ladies
2 Sopranos And A Mezzo-Soprano
Monostatos
Tenor
Three Boys
Treble, Alto And MezzoSoprano
Papagena
Soprano
Speaker
Bass
Priests, slaves, armored men, etc.
Chorus And Others
Description A young handsome prince A happy bird-catcher who longs for a wife Daughter of the Queen of the Night A wise Sun Priest, representative of morality and insight A powerful opponent of Sarastro; representative of irrationality and evil Attendants of the Queen of the Night Traitor, Sarastro’s servant who wants Pamina for his own Guides for Tamino and Papageno Papageno’s love match Sspeaker of the Sun Temple
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Act.1 While hunting, Prince Tamino happens upon the kingdom of the Queen of the Night. A monstrous serpent begins chasing him and he faints from exhaustion. Before the serpent can do harm, the Three Ladies kill him. They all fall in love with Tamino and argue about who should watch over him. Unable to agree, they all leave to tell the Queen of the Night. When he awakes, Tamino sees Papageno, a bird catcher, and thinks he has killed the serpent. Papageno lies and takes credit for saving Tamino. The Three Ladies return and, overhearing Papageno’s lies, padlock his mouth as punishment. The Ladies give Tamino a gift, a portrait of Pamina, the Queen’s daughter, who has been captured by Sarastro. Tamino falls in love with the young woman’s image. The Queen of the Night appears, grieving for her daughter, and promises Tamino he can marry Pamina if he can rescue her. The ladies remove the padlock from Papageno and bid him to accompany Tamino. They give Tamino a magic flute and Papageno a chime of bells to protect them from danger. The men set forth, guided by Three Boys. Meanwhile, in Sarastro’s palace, Monostatos is trying to win Pamina over, but she absolutely refuses. In a rage, he storms out. Papageno, sent ahead by Tamino, secretly enters the chamber and befriends Pamina.
He tells her about her rescuer, Tamino. Pamina rejoices to hear that Tamino is in love with her, and offers sympathy to Papageno, who longs for a “Papagena” to love. Monostatos returns, but Papageno and Monostatos are mutually frightened of the other’s appearance and Monostatos runs away. The Three Boys lead Tamino to the entrance of the Sun Temple, where he is to fulfill his destiny. There are three doors, representing Nature, Reason, and Wisdom. A priest emerges and implies that Tamino has been misled. Tamino despairs at first, but learning that Pamina is yet alive, he rejoices by playing the Magic Flute. The melody bewitches many strange and exotic animals who draw near.Papageno and Pamina, unable to find Tamino, are almost captured by Monostatos and his slaves, but Papageno plays his bells and enchants them to dance away, blissfully and involuntarily. The Sun Priests find Papageno and Pamina and she begs Sarastro’s forgiveness for trying to escape. She relates Monostatos’ ill-treatment of her. Sarastro accepts her apology but will not let her return to the evil influence of her power-hungry mother. Monostatos suddenly enters with Tamino as his captive. Tamino and Pamina instantly recognize each other and embrace in love. Monostatos demands a reward for his faithful service. Instead, Sarastro has him punished for his bad behavior. It is evident that Sarastro is not a wicked kidnapper but a positive leader who demands morality and truth. The two sweethearts are separated and Tamino is prepared by the priests to undergo the trials that will make him more worthy of Pamina.
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Act.1 TAMINO Help! Help! Otherwise I am lost! Help! Help! Otherwise I am lost! Selected as offering to the cunning snake, Merciful Gods! it gets closer, Already it gets closer, Ah, save me, Ah! Save, save, protect me! Ah, protect, protect, save, save me. Save, protect me! 1ST, 2ND, 3RD LADIES Die, monster! Through our power! (They kill the serpent) Triumph! Triumph! It is accomplished, the heroic deed! He is freed, he is freed, By the galantry of our weapon. 1ST LADY A gracious youth, gentle and handsome, 2ND LADY More handsome than I have ever seen! 3RD LADY Yes, yes, certainly, handsome enough to paint! 1ST AND 2ND , 3RD LADIES Were I to consecrate my heart to love, Then it would have to be to this youth,
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Let us hasten to our queen, With her this news to share, Perhaps, so that this handsome man The former peace can give to her. The former peace can give to her. 1ST LADY So, go and tell it to her, I’ll stay, meanwhile, here! 2ND LADY No, no, you just go there, I’ll keep watch here over him! 3rd LADY No, no, that can not be, I’ll protect him alone! 1st LADY I’m staying, meanwhile, hier, I’m staying I , I, I ! 2nd LADY I’ll keep watch hier over him! I’ll watch, I, I, I! 3rd LADY I’ll protect him alone, I’ll protect! I, I, I!
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1st, 2nd, 3rd LADIES II should go? I should go? O, O, O, O ! O, how fine! how fine! O, O, how fine !! They would like be be with him alone! With him alone, no, no, no, no, etc. No, no, that can not be! They would like to be with him alone, With him alone, no, no, no, etc. No, no, that can not be! What wouldn’t I give for this, If I could with this young man live! Had I only him then entirely alone, So entirely alone, But no one’s going; it cannot be! It’s best then, that I go, I go! You youth, handsome, and affectionate, You beloved youth, farewell! Until I you again see, Until I you again see, etc. TAMINO (Dialog) (What do I hear? Ha, a manly form approaches the valley. ) He observes Papageno dressed in a suit of feathers, carrying a birdcage. PAPAGENO The birdcatcher am I indeed, Always merry, heisa, Hop-sa-sa! I, birdcatcher, am well known To old and young throughout the land.
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Know my way around with the traps, And how to be understood on the fife! Thus can I happy and merry be, For all the birdies belong to me!! The birdcatcher am I indeed, Always merry, heisa, hop-sa-sa! I, birdcatcher, am well known To old and young throughout the land. A net for girls is what I would like, I’d catch them by the dozen for me! Then lock them up I would by me, And all girls would be belong to me. If all girls belonged to me I would bravely trade in sugar, The one I liked the best, Her I would immediately give the sugar, And if she kissed me tenderly then, She would be my wife and I her husband. She would fall asleep by my side, I would cradle her to sleep like a child. ( SPOKEN - DIALOGUE) TAMINO This likeness is enchantingly lovely, As no eye has ever beheld ! I feel it, as this heavenly picture My heart with new emotion fills. This something can I indeed not name, Yet I feel it here like fire burning. Can the feeling be love? Yes, yes, love it is alone. O, if only I could find her! O, if only she were standing before me! I would, would, warmly and chastely, What would I do? I would full of rapture her Against this glowing bosom press And forever then would she be mine.
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(SPOKEN DIALOG) QUEEN OF THE NIGHT O tremble not, my dear son. You are innocent, wise, and pious; A youth such as you Must do his best This deeply troubled Mother’s heart to comfort. To suffer I have been selected, For my daughter is gone from me; Through her has all my fortune been lost, A scoundrel has fled with her. Still I see her trembling With fearful shaking, Her frightened quaking, Her timid effort. I had to see her stolen from me, Ah, help! Ah, Help! was all she said. Alone, in vain was her entreaty, For my help was too weak. You, you, you, will go to set her free, You will the daughter’s savior be. And should I see you as victor, May she be then forever yours.
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(QUINTETTE) PAPAGENO Hm! Hm! hm ! etc. TAMINO The poor guy can tell talk about punishment For his speech is gone! PAPAGENO Hm! Hm! Hm! etc. TAMINO I can do nothing but lament for you Because I am too weak to help. PAPAGENO Hm! hm! hm! etc. (continues to hum while Tamino sings.) TAMINO I can do nothing but lament for you Because I am too weak to help Because I am too weak to help Because I am too weak to help. 1st LADY The queen pardons you, Freeing you from punishment through me. PAPAGENO Now Papageno is chattering again. 2nd LADY Yes, chatter, just don’t lie again. 1st and 2nd LADIES This padlock should your warning be. Should your warning be, Your warning be. 23 AMADEUS MOZART
PAPAGENO I will never lie again, no, no! This padlock should my warning be. Should my warning be. TAMINO, PAPAGENO, AND LADIES If only all liars would get Such a padlock in front of their mouth! Instead of hatred, slander, black temper, Love and Brotherhood would endure. Instead of hatred, slander, black temper, Love and Brotherhood would endure. 1st Lady O, Prince, take this gift from me, This our Queen sends to you. The magic flute will protect you, Support you in the greatest misfortune. 1st and 2nd LADIES Herewith can you behave allpowerfully, People’s suffering to transform, The sad will be joyous Love will conquer the old bachelor. A flute like this is more Worth than Gold and crowns For through it will people’s happiness And satisfaction be increased. Will people’s happiness be increased. Will people’s happiness be increased. PAPAGENO So, you beautiful females, May I? Thus I send my compliments. THREE LADIES Send your compliments you always can Though the queen will certainly order you With the prince, without lingering, To hasten to Sarastros fortress. PAPAGENO No, for that I thank you !
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From you yourselves I heard, That he (is) like a tiger animal, Surely would, without mercy, Sarastro Have me plucked , roasted, Plucked, roasted, plucked, roasted, Would set the dogs on me. THREE LADIES The prince will protect you, trust him alone! Therefore you will be his servant. PAPAGENO To the devil with the prince! My life is dear to me, In the end, he will slink, on my honor, Away from me like a thief. 1st LADY Hier, take this treasure; it is yours. PAPAGENO Ei! Ei! What might there be inside? THREE LADIES Inside you hear bells ringing. PAPAGENO Will I be able also to play them? THREE LADIES O, very certainly, yes, yes, certainly! TAMINO , LADIES, AND PAPAGENO Silver bells, magic flutes, Are for your protection necessary. Farewell! We want to go, Farewell! Good bye, Farewell! Good bye,
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TAMINO But, beautiful ladies, declare: PAPAGENO How one, then, can find the fortress. TAMINO AND PAPAGENO How one, then, can find the fortress. How one, then, can find the fortress. THREE LADIES Three boys, young, beautiful, and wise Will hover over you on your journey, They will your guides be Follow only their advice alone. TAMINO AND PAPAGENO Three boys, young, beautiful, and wise Will hover over us on our journey. 1st and 2nd LADIES They will your guides be Follow only their advice alone. TAMINO AND PAPAGENO So, farewell! we want to go, Farewell! Farewell! Good bye! THREE LADIES So, farewell! we want to go, Farewell! Farewell! Good bye! Good bye! Good bye! (SPOKEN DIALOG) MONOSTATOS You fine little dove, come right in! PAMINA O such martyrdom! Such pain!
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MONOSTATOS Lost is your life! PAMINA Death does not move me Only my mother will mourn for me. She will die of grief most certainly. MONOSTATOS Hey, slaves! fasten the chains! May my hatred ruin you! PAMINA O, rather let me die Because, barbarian, nothing can still you. MONOSTATOS Now begone! Begone! Leave me with her alone. PAPAGENO Where am I then? Where may I be? Aha! There I find some people. Risky, I’ll go inside, Pretty girl, young and fine, Much whiter still than chalk, PAPAGENO AND MONOSTATOS Hu! that is the devil, certainly, Hu! that is the devil, certainly, Hu! Hu! etc. Have pity! Spare me! Hu! Hu! Hu! Hu! (SPOKEN DIALOG) PAMINA In men, who feel love A good heart is not lacking.
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PAPAGENO To sympathize with the sweet instincts Is then the wives first duty. PAPAGENO AND PAMINA We want to be happy with love We live through love alone, We live through love alone, PAMINA Love sweetens every torment Every creature offers itself to her. PAPAGENO It seasons our daily lives, It beckons us in the circle of nature. PAMINA and PAPAGENO Its higher purpose clearly indicates, Nothing is more nobel than wife and man, Man and wife, and wife and man, Man and wife, and wife and man, Reach to the height of Godliness. Man and wife, and wife and man, Reach to the height of Godliness. To Godliness, to Godliness. THREE SPIRITS To your goal leads this road Still you must, young one, manly win. Therefore, listen to our lesson: Be steadfast, patient, and remain silent. TAMINO You gracious little ones, tell me If I can save Pamina? THREE SPIRITS We don’t hesitate to give you this notice: Be steadfast, patient, and remain silent. Reflect on this quickly; be a man. Then, youth, you will manly win! Then, youth, you will manly win! MAGIC FLUTE
TAMINO The Wisdom lesson of these boys Be forever buried in my heart. Where am I now? What will become of me? Is this the abode of the Gods here? One can see by the portals, One can see by the columns, That wisdom and labor And arts here linger, Where industriousness reigns And idleness softens, Depravity maintains not Easily its authority. I dare bravely to enter the portal. The purpose is noble and pure and clean. Tremble, cowardly villain! To rescue Pamina is Back! Back! So, I will try my luck here. Here, too, they call, “Go back!” There I see another door! Maybe I’ll find the entrance here. PRIEST Where do want to go, bold stranger? What seek you here in this holy place? TAMINO The domain of Love and Virtue. PRIEST The Words are of a high meaning, Only, how do you mean to find them? Love and Virtue do not lead you, For death and revenge ignite you. TAMINO Only revenge for the villain! PRIEST Him you will indeed not find with us.
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TAMINO Sarastro rules in these grounds? PRIEST Yes, yes, Sarastro rules here! TAMINO But certainly not in the Temple of wisdom? PRIEST He rules in the Temple of Wisdom here. TAMINO Then everything is a sham! PRIEST Do you want to go again? TAMINO Yes, I want to go, happy and free, Never seeing your temple PRIEST Explain yourself in more detail to me, A betrayal has deceived you. TAMINO Sarastro lives here That is enough for me. PRIEST Of you love your own life Then say: stay there! You hate Sarastro? TAMINO I hate him forever, yes! PRIEST Then, give me your reasons! MAGIC FLUTE
TAMINO He is a fiend, a tyrant! PRIEST Is that, which you said, verified? TAMINO Through an unhappy woman proven, Whom grief and distress oppresses. PRIEST A woman then has beguiled you, A woman does little, chatters much, You, young man, believe this tongue-game? Oh, if only Sarastro could to you Impart the purpose of his action. TAMINO The purpose is only all too clear, Tore not the thief without mercy Pamina out of her mother’s arms? PRIEST Yes, young man, what you say is true. TAMINO Where is she whom he robbed from us? Is she sacrificed perhaps already? PRIEST To tell you this, cherished son Is now and to me not allowed. TAMINO Explain this riddle, deceive me not.
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PRIEST My tongue is bound by oath and duty. TAMINO When, then, will the cover disappear? PRIEST As soon as Friendships Hand leads you Into the holy place to the eternal bond. TAMINO O eternal night, when will you disappear? When will the light find my eye? CHORUS Soon, soon, young one, or never. TAMINO Soon, soon, soon, you say, or never? You invisible ones, tell me, Lives then Pamina still? CHORUS Pamina Pamina, yes she lives. TAMINO She lives, she lives, I thank you for that. Oh, if I only were in a position Allmighty! To your honor With every tone my thanks to portray As it here, here originated. How strong is (not) your magic tone! For, gracious flute, gracious flute Through your playing Even wild animals feel joy. How strong is (not) your magic tone! For, gracious flute, through your playing For, gracious flute, through your playing Even wild animals feel ... Still, only Pamina, Pamina stays away. Pamina, Pamina, hear, hear me! In vain! In vain! Where? Where? Where? MAGIC FLUTE
Ah, where, where will I find you? Ha! That is Papagenos tone. Maybe he saw Panina already, Maybe she is hurrying with him to me, Maybe the tone will lead me to her, The tone, the tone will lead me to her. PAMINA and PAPAGENO Rapid feet, brisk courage Protects from the enemy’s ruse and fury, If only we found Tamino Otherwise they’ll catch Otherwise they’ll catch us yet, If only we found Tamino Otherwise they’ll catchOtherwise they’ll catch us yet, PAMINA Gracious youth!! PAPAGENO Still, still, still, still, I can do it better. PAMINA AND PAPAGENO What joy is indeed greater! Friend, Tamino hears us already; To here came the Flutetone! What a luck if I found him! Just quick, just quick, just quick! What a luck if I found him! Just quick, just quick, just quick! Just quick, just quick, just quick! etc. MONOSTATOS Just quick, just quick, just quick! Ha, I have caught you too! Only come here with steel and iron Wait, I will turn you over to the Moors Turn you over to the Moors! Deceive Monostatos! Come here with rope and cords Hey, you slaves, come here! 33 AMADEUS MOZART
PAMINA and PAPAGENO Ah, now it’s all over for us! MONOSTATOS He, you slaves, come here! PAPAGENO He who risks much, he who risks much He who risks much, often wins much. Come you beautiful bells Let the little bells ring, ring, So that your ears fairly sing. MONOSTATOS AND SLAVES That sounds so glorious, That sounds so beautiful! la la la la ra Never have I heard or seen such a thing. la la la la ra PAMINA and PAPAGENO If every brave man Find such bells, His enemies would then Without difficulty disappear; And he would live with them In the best harmony In the best, best harmony. Only the harmony of friendship Makes milder the burdens, Without this sympathy There is no happiness on earth. CHORUS May Sarastro live, live Sarastro! PAPAGENO Would is that supposed to mean? I am trembling; I am quaking! PAMINA O, friend, now we are done for; Sarastro will be informed of this. MAGIC FLUTE
PAPAGENO If I were a mouse, How I would like to hide myself! Were I as small as snails, Then I would creep into my House! My child, What shall we say now? PAMINA The truth! The truth! Were it even a crime! CHORUS May Sarastro live, Sarastro should live! It’s he, to whom we joyfully submit! May he always enjoy life As a wise person, May he always enjoy life As a wise person, He is our idol, To whom all pay homage, He is our idol, To whom all pay homage, To whom all pay homage, To whom all pay homage, PAMINA My lord, I am indeed a criminal! I wanted to flee from your power, Only, the blame lies not with me. The evil Moor demanded Love Therefore, my lord, fled I from you. SARASTRO Get up! Cheer up, O dear one For without even pressing you, I know more about your heart, You love another very much Another very much. To love I don’t want to force you Still, I will not give you freedom, To love I don’t want to force you Still, I will not give you freedom, 35 AMADEUS MOZART
PAMINA A child’s duty calls me For my mother.... SARASTRO Stands in my power; You and your happinesswould be killed if I left you in her hands. PAMINA Mother’s name sounds sweet to me It is she! It is she! SARASTRO And a proud woman. A man must lead your hearts, For without him every woman is misguided To step out of her sphere. MONOSTATOS Now then, proud youth, come here! Here is Sarastro, our lord. PAMINA It’s he! I can hardly believe it. It’s he! My arm will entwine around him And even if it were the end of me. TAMINO It’s she! It’s she! It is no dream! My arm will entwine around him And even if it were the end of me. (They embrace.) CHORUS What’s that supposed to mean? MONOSTATOS What an audacity! Immediately separate, That’s going too far!
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(separating them and kneeling before Sarastro) Your slave lies at hour feet, Let the bold malefactor make amends. Reflect how insolent the boy is! Through this unusual bird’s cunning He wanted to kidnap Pamina, Alone I knew how to ferret him out. You know me, my watchfulness _ SARASTRO it earns the strewing of laurels! Hey! Give that honored man immediately Only seventy-seven blows on the footsoles! MONOSTATOS Already your goodwill makes me rich! Ah, my lord! Ah, my lord! That praise I did not expect! SARASTRO No thanks needed. It is after all my duty! CHORUS Long live Sarastro, the heavenly wise man! He praises, he punishes in similar circles. SARASTRO Lead these two strangers Into our Temple of tests. Cover their heads then, They must first be cleansed.
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CHORUS If virtue and rightiousness The broad path with glory strews, The broad path with glory strews, With glory strews, with glory strews, Then is the Earth a heavenly kingdom. Then is the Earth a heavenly kingdom. And mortals immediately are Gods, Are Gods, are Gods immediately, Are Gods, are gods immediately, etc. SARASTRO O Isis and Osiris, give The spirit of wisdomTo the new pair! May that which guides the wanderer’s steps, Strengthen them with patience in danger, Strengthen them with patience in danger, Let them see the fruits of the test, Though they should go to their graves Thus the reward of virtues valiant course, Take them up into your abode, Take them up into your abode. etc. DUET - TWO PRIESTS Beware women’s artfulness; This is the first duty of the alliance! Many a wise man let himself be beguiled, He was wrong, and knew not the error; Abandoned he sat, at the end, His trust repaid with scorn! In vain he wrung his Hands, Death and dispair were his reward, Death and dispair were his reward.
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Act.2 At the Temple of the Sun, Sarastro prays for Isis’s and Osiris’s protection of Tamino and Pamina throughout the trials. Tamino and Papageno first undergo the Trial of Silence. Papageno wavers but Tamino remains firm, even when the Three Ladies come to tempt them. During this time, The Queen of the Night visits Pamina, giving her a knife and telling her to murder Sarastro. Monostatos eavesdrops and threatens to tell Sarastro if Pamina will not submit to him. Sarastro intercedes and even forgives the Queen for her hatred. In the last part of the Trial of Silence, an old crone visits Papageno, revealing she is Papagena, his future wife. Just as he is about to question her more, she disappears. When Papageno finally finds her and agrees to marry, she transforms from a crone to a beautiful young woman-but a priest shoos her away-since Papageno broke the vow of silence. Papageno, despairing of ever finding her again, tries to hang himself, but the Three Boys appear and remind him of the Magic Bells. Papageno plays a merry little tune and Papagena finds him. They sing about their future together with lots of children. When Pamina visits Tamino during the Trial of Silence, he cannot speak to her. Pamina mistakes his silence for a sign that he no longer loves her. Distraught, she decides to kill herself, but is prevented from doing so by the Three Boys who tell
her the truth and lead her back to Tamino. Pamina reaches her sweetheart and undergoes the last test, the Trial of Fire and Water, by Tamino’s side. As Tamino plays the Magic Flute, it holds back the Fire and Water, allowing them to pass safely. Just as they finish the trial, the Queen of the Night is planning to attack the Sun Temple and defeat the order of the priests forever. Monostatos has joined her and the Three Women. Sarastro and his priests defeat the Queen and her dark powers with the powers of Light. Pamina and Tamino are blessed by Sarastro and the priests and inducted into the Temple of the Sun.
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Act.2 3 LADIES How? How? How? You in this place of horror? Never, never, never, Will you get happily away again. Tamino, to you death is sworn You, Papageno, are lost. PAPAGENO No, no, no, that would be too much. TAMINO Papageno, be still! Do you want to break your pledge, Nothing with women here to speak? PAPAGENO You heard, though, we are both done for. TAMINO Still, I say, be still!’ PAPAGENO Always still, and always still, Always still, and always still, 3 LADIES Very near to you is the queen, She intruded into the temple secretly. PAPAGENO How? What? She’s supposed to be in the temple?
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TAMINO Still, I say, be still! Will you always thus presume To forget your duty to your oath? 3 LADIES Tamino, listen, you are lost! Keep in mind the queen! They’re whispering lots in every ear, About the false intentions of the priests. TAMINO A wise man analyses and pays no attention To what the local rabble says. 3 LADIES They’re whispering in every ear, About the false intentions of the priests. TAMINO A wise man analyses; a wise man analyses. 3 LADIES They say, whoever swears to her alliance, Will go to hell with skin and hair. PAPAGENO That would be the devil, would be the devil Would be the devil, be the devil, infernal ! Tell me, Tamino! Is that true? TAMINO Gossip, from women repeated, By hypocrites, however, thought out. PAPAGENO Still, the queen says it, too.
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TAMINO She is a woman, has a woman’s mentality May my word be enough for you: Think of your duty and act cleverly! 2 LADIES Why are you so stubborn with us? Also Papageno is quiet, so speak! PAPAGENO I would like to.... You see, that I am not supposed to! That I can’t leave off the chattering. TAMINO Still! Still! That you can’t stop that chattering Can’t the chattering stop Is truly a disgrace for you. 3 LADIES We have to leave them with disgrace No one will chatter certainly. PAPAGENO AND TAMINO TheY have to leave us with disgrace No one will chatter certainly. 3 LADIES We have to leave them with disgrace No one will chatter certainly. 3 LADIES PAPAGENO AND TAMINO Of a strong mind is a man He thinks about what he can talk about. Of a strong mind is a man He thinks about what he can talk about.etc. What he can talk about. CHORUS Profaned is the holy threshold, Down with the women to hell!
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Alas! Alas! Alas! Alas! Alas! MONOSTATOS All feel the joy of love, Bill and coo, flirt, snuggle, and kiss, And I am supposed to avoid love, Because a black is ugly, Because a black is ugly. Have I, then, been given no heart? I am also fond of girls, I am also fond of girls, Always to live without a woman Would truly be the blaze of hell, Would truly be the blaze of hell, So, therefore I want, because I am alive, Bill and coo, kiss, be tender. Dear, good moon, forgive me, A white took possession of me, A white took possession of me, White is beautiful! I must kiss her; Moon, hide yourself for this! Should it vex you too much, Oh, then close your eyes! Oh, then close your eyes! Oh, then close your eyes! QUEEN OF THE NIGHT Hells Revenge cooks in my heart, Death and despair flame about me! If Sarastro does not through you feel The pain of death, Then you will be my daughter nevermore. Disowned may you be forever, Abandoned may you be forever, Destroyed be forever All the bonds of nature, If not through you Sarastro becomes pale! (as death) Hear, Gods of Revenge, Hear a mother’s oath! SARASTRO Within these hallowed halls One knows not revenge. AMADEUS MOZART
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And should a person have fallen, Love will guide him to duty. Then wanders he on the hand of a friend Cheerful and happy into a better land. Within these hallowed walls, Where human loves the human, No traitor can lurk, Because one forgives the enemy. Whomever these lessons do not please, Deserves not to be a human being. TRIO - 3 SPIRITS Be welcome for the second time, You men, into Sarastro’s kingdom. He sends what was taken away, The Flute and the Bells, back to you. Unless you want to scorn the foods, So, eat, drink happily of them. When we see each other for the third time, Joy will be your reward. Tamino, courage! Near is the goal. You, Papageno, remain silent, Still, Still, remain silent ! Still, Still, remain silent ! PAMINA Ah, I feel it, it has disappeared Forever gone, all my happiness, Forever gone love’s happiness! Nevermore will come the hour of bliss Back to my heart! To my heart, my heart ever come back. See, Tamino, these tears, Flowing, beloved, for you alone! If you don’t feel the longing of love The longing of love, Then there will be peace Then there will be peace in death! If you don’t feel the longing of love If you don’t feel the longing of love Then there will be peace Then there will be peace in death! Will be in death, will be in death.
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CHORUS OF PRIESTS O Isis and Osiris, What Bliss! The gloomy nicht shoos away The gleam of the sun. Soon the youth will feel new life Soon he will devote himself to our service His spirit is bold, his heart is pure, His spirit is bold, his heart is pure, Soon, soon, soon, he will be worthy of us! Soon, soon, soon he will be worthy of us! Be worthy of us! etc. TRIO: PAMINA, SARASTRO, TAMINO PAMINA May I, dear one, never see you again? SARASTRO You will happily see each other again. TAMINO May the Gods protect me. PAMINA Fatal dangers await you. TAMINO and SARASTRO May the Gods protect me (him) . PAMINA You will not escape from Death, A forboding whispers of this to me. TAMINO UND SARASTRO May the Gods’ will happen Their beckoning shall be my law. PAMINA O, if you loved as I love you, You would not be so calm. You would not be so calm. 49 AMADEUS MOZART
TAMINO AND SARASTRO Believe me, I feel the same inclination, Will always your faithful servent be. SARASTRO The hour sounds, now you must part. Tamino must now go away, go away. Now he must again away! PAMINA AND TAMINO How bitter are separation’s sorrows! How bitter are separation’s sorrows! Tamino must now really go away! Really away! Tamino! Tamino! So must you ( I ) go away? So must you ( I ) go away? Pamina (Tamino) farewell! Farewell, farewell, ah, golden peace! Come back again, come back again, We will see each other again, farewell! PAPAGENO A girl or a little wife Wishes Papageno for himself O, such a soft little dove . Would be eternal bliss for me Then drink and food would taste good to me; Then I could Measure myself with princes, Enjoy life as a wiseman, And feel like I’m in Elysium. Ah, can I not please any of all Those charming girls? If someone would help me in this need, Otherwise I will worry myself to death. If no one will grant me love, Then the flame must consume me; Still, if a womanly mouth kisses me, Then I will be immediately healthy again. THREE SPIRITS Soon gleams, to announce the morning The sun on its golden way, Soon shall superstition disappear,
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Soon the wise man wins. O gracious peace, descend here Return to the hearts of people, Then is the Earth a heavenly kingdom, And mortals are immediately Gods. And mortals are immediately Gods. FIRST SPIRIT But see, doubt tortures Pamina! 2nd and 3rd SPIRITS Where is she then? 1st SPIRIT She is losing her senses, 3 SPIRITS She suffers scorned love’s sorrows, Let us prepare comfort for the poor one. Indeed, her destiny is dear to us. O if only her young man were here! She’s coming, let us stand aside, So we can see what she does, So, so we can see what she does. PAMINA You are then my bridegroom? Through you I complete my sorrow. 3 SPIRITS What dark words did she speak there? The poor one is near madness. PAMINA Patience, my beloved, I am yours, Soon we will , Soon we will Be married, Soon we will be married. 3 SPIRITS Madness rages in her brain Suicide is written on her forehead, Gracious girl, look at us! 51 AMADEUS MOZART
PAMINA I want to die, because the man, Whom I nevermore can hate, Can leave his beloved. This my mother gave to me. 3 SPIRITS God punishes you for suicide ! PAMINA Rather through this iron to die Than to be debased from love’s sorrow, Mother, mother, through you I suffer And your curse pursues me. 3 SPIRITS Girl, do you want to go with us? PAMINA The cup of woe is full! False youth, farewell! See Pamina dies through you! May this iron kill me! 3 SPIRITS Ha! Unhappy one, stop! Should your young man see this, He would perish from sorrow; For he loves you alone. PAMINA What, he feels reciprocal love? And concealed from me his inclination, Turned his face from me! Why did he not speak with me? 3 SPIRITS Of this must we avoid speaking, Still we want to show him to you, And you will with astonishment see, That he consecrates his heart to you, And he does not shun death for your sake. Come, we want to go to him. MAGIC FLUTE
PAMINA Lead me there, I would like to see him! I want to see him! I want to see him! I would like to see him! PAMINA AND SPIRITS Two hearts which burn with love, Human frailty can never part. Lost is the effort of the enemy, The Gods themselves protect them. The Gods themelves protect them. TWO MEN IN ARMOR He who wanders this street Full of hardship, becomes clean Through fire, water, air, and earth. If he the terror of Death Can overcome, he vaults From the earth, heavenward; Illuminated, he will be in good Standing, to consecrate himself Entirely to Isis. TAMINO No fear of death terrorizes Me from acting as a man, To wander the road of virture, Open the doors of terror to me; I happily dare to take the bold course PAMINA Tamino, stop! I must see you. TAMINO What do I hear? Pamina’s voice? MEN IN ARMOR Yes, yes, that is Pamina’s voice.
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TAMINO AND MEN IN ARMOR Good, now she can go with me (you). Now destiny parts us (you) no more. Even if Death were demanded, Even if Death were demanded, TAMINO Am I allowed to speak with her? MEN IN ARMOR You are allowed to talk with her. TAMINO AND MEN IN ARMOR What happiness when we meet again, Happily hand in hand going into the temple! A woman who shuns not night and death, Is worthy and will be consecrated. PAMINA My Tamino! O, what happiness! TAMINO My Pamina! O what happiness! Here are the terrible gates, Which threaten me with misery and death. PAMINA I will in all places Be at your side. I myself will guide you, May love will lead me. It may well strew the way with roses Because roses are always near thorns. If you play the magic flute, It will protect us on our way. My father cut it in a magical hour For the most important reasons Out of the thousand year- old oak During lightning, thunder, storm & shower. Now, come and play the flute; It will lead us on our dreaded way.
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PAMINA, TAMINO AND MEN IN ARMOR We wander by the power of the sound Happily through death’s gloomy night. We wander by the power of the sound Happily through death’s gloomy night. PAMINA AND TAMINO We wandered through the fire’s glow Fought bravely the danger. May your sound be protectiion in floods As it was in the fire. May your sound be protectiion in floods As it was in the fire. PAMINA AND TAMINO You Gods, what a moment (when) Isis’ luck is accorded us. CHORUS Triumph, triumph, triumph you noble pair! You have vanquished the danger! The consecration of Isis is now yours. Come. come, come, come Step inside the temple! (etc. repeat) PAPAGENO Papagena, Papagena, Papagena! Little wife, little dove, my beautiful one, In vain! Ah, she is lost! I was born for misfortune, I chattered and chattered And that was bad, And therefore, it serves me right Therefore, it serves me right. Since I tasted this wine, Since I saw ahat beautiful little woman, It burns in the little chamber of my heart, So, it tweaks here, it tweaks there. Papagena, little wife of my heart! Papagena, dear little dove! It is all for nothing! It is in vain! I am tired of my life, Dying will make an end to love, AMADEUS MOZART
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When it burns so in my heart. That tree there, I want to adorn, By tying myself by the neck to it, Because life displeases me. Good night, you false world! Because you have handled me wickedly, Bound me to no beautiful child, So, it’s over, so I die. Beautiful girls, think of me! If any of them for poor me Ere I hang, have some compassion, I could actually let it all drop. Just call - yes or no, Just call - yes or no, No one hears me, all is still, All, all is still. So, is it your will? Papageno, get going, End the run of your life! Papageno, get going, End the run of your life! Now, I will wait, may it be! Now, I will wait, may it be! Until one counts one, two, three! One, two, three, well on with it, then It will happen. Because nothing holds me back, Good night, you false world, Good night, you false world ! 3 SPIRITS Stop! Stop! O Papageno, be smart! One lives only once; this is enough for you! PAPAGENO You have spoken well, joked well; Still, if it burned in your heart, as in mine, You would also go after girls, You would also go after girls, 1st and 2nd SPIRITS So, let your bells ring! This will bring you little woman to you.
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PAPAGENO I, fool, forgetful of the magical things I, fool, forgetful of the magical things Ring, bells, ring, I must see my dear maiden, I must see my dear maiden. Ring, little bells, ring! Bring forth my maiden here, Ring, little bells, ring! Bring my maiden here, Ring, little bells, ring! Bring forth my little wife here, Ring, little bells, ring! Bring my little wife here, Bring her here! My maiden here, my little wife here! PAPAGENO AND PAPAGENA What joy that will be If the Gods think of us, And give us children of our love And give us children of our love Such dear little children, little children, Little children, little children, Such dear little children. First a little Papageno, Then a little Papagena, Then again a Papageno, Then again a Papagena Papageno, Papagena, Papageno, etc. It is the highest of feelings If many (of them) to Papageno (a) will be In the care of their parents. If many to Papageno (a) will be In the care of their parents. etc. MONOSTATOS Just stay still, still, still, still, Soon we will intrude into the temple. QUEEN AND 3 LADIES Just stay still, still, still, still, Soon we will intrude into the temple. 57 AMADEUS MOZART
MONOSTATOS Still, Queen, keep your word, fulfill it, Your child must be my wife. QUEEN I’ll keep my word; it is my will! My child should be your wife. 3 LADIES Her child, her child should be your wife! MONOSTATOS Yet be still, I hear terrible noises Like thundersounds and waterfalls. QUEEN AND 3 LADIES Yes, fearful is this noise, Like distant resounding of thunder! MONOSTATOS Now they are in the halls of the temple. QUEEN AND 3 LADIES There we want to seize them. There we want to seize them. These bigots to extinguish from the earth With the glow of fire and mighty sword. 3 LADIES To you, great Queen of the Night, To you, great Queen of the Night, May this be our offering for revenge! QUEEN, 3 LADIES AND MONOSTATOS Shatterer, shattered is our power! We are all fallen into eternal night! SARASTRO The rays of the sun Drive away the night. Destroyed is the hypocrites’ MAGIC FLUTE
Surreptitious power. CHORUS Hail to you who are consecrated! Hail to you who are consecrated! You pushed through night. Thanks! Thanks! Thanks be to you, Osiris! Thanks! Thanks be brought to you, Isis! May power be victorious And crown as a reward Beauty and wisdom With an eternal crown. Strength was victorious Strength was victorious And crowned as a reward And crowned as a reward Beauty and wisdom With an eternal crown. etc.
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Cast Pamina - Kathleen Battle Queen of the Night - Luciana Serra Tamino - Francisco Araiza Papageno - Manfred Hemm Sarastro - Kurt Moll Papagena - Barbara Kilduff Monostatos - Heinz Zednik Speaker - Andreas Schmidt Three Ladys - Juliana Gondek Mimi Lerner Judith Christin Three Slaves - Glenn Alpert Dennis Williams Robert Manno Three Boys - Ted Huffman Benjamin Schott Per-Christian Brevig
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A metropolitan Opera Production Maestro – James Levine Orchestra – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Chorus Maestro – John Keenan Chorus – Metropolitan Opera Chorus Original Production – John Cox Executive Producer – Peter Gelb Stage Director – Brian Large Sound Director – Jay David Saks Art Director – James Levine
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