The Magic Flute

JULY 6, 15, 23*, 28 & AUGUST 5*, 2022 (*matinee)

Photo by: Waldron Creative

THE MAGIC FLUTE

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

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Sung in English with projected titles English title translation by Barbara Silverstein

CONTENT WARNING: Depiction of attempted suicide.

Conductor Nicolas Guisti Director Vanessa Ballam Set Designer 1995 Production Keith Brumley Set Design Adapted By Timothy Case Costume Designer Jenn Sheshko Wood Lighting Designer Chris Wood

Wig and Makeup Designer Melyssa Swensen Sound Designer Bryan Z. Richards Puppet Designer Dennis Hassan

The Cast

Tamino Thomas Massey Papageno Lee Gregory Pamina Kara Goodrich The Queen of the Night Celena Shafer Sarastro Matthew Soibelman 1st Lady Amber Rose Romero 2nd Lady Tzytle Steinman 3rd Lady Sarah-Nicole Carter Monostatos Fatu Su’esu’e Spirit 1 Stein Rockwood Spirit 2 Sebastian Espinosa Spirit 3 McKay Clemens Speaker of the Temple Zachary Brown 1st Priest John Tibbetts 2nd Priest Bryce J. Bartu Papagena Sara Lucille Law 1st Man in Armor Isaac Hurtado 2nd Man in Armor Michael Colman Guard 1 Jonathan Ray Guard 2 Logan Wagner Guard 3 Caden Webb Magical Birds Kareem Mack, Marissa Howard, Victoria Isernia

The Ensemble

*Denotes artist is also a puppeteer

Nicholas Andruzzi, Carlie Beckert*, Benjamin Bird*, Zachary Brown, Michael Colman, Ricardo Diaz-Garcia*, Sophia Emanuel*, Elizabeth Fisher*, Paul Leland Hill*, Marissa Howard*,

Daniel Illig*, Victoria Isernia*, Jasmine Ismail*, Annica Bella Kropf*, Benjamin Krutsch, Daniel Thomas Lentz, Kareem A. Mack*, Nini Marchese*, Timothy McGowan*, Jonathan Ray,

Grace Skinner*, Christina J. Swanson*, Johnathan Richard Tibbets, Jocelyn van Wyk*, Nathaniel Voth*, Logan Wagner*, Caden Webb

Coach/Pianist/Chorus Master/

Cover Conductor Dallas K Heaton Concertmaster Yenling Chen Production Stage Manager Sidney Sprunger Assistant Stage Manager Makayla Michael Production Assistant Evan Hausthor Fight Choreographer Stefan Espinosa Directing Assistant Jared Rounds Bird Choreographer/Dance Captain Kareem A. Mack Children’s Chorus Master Jeremy Adriano Fight Captain Sophia Emanuel Child Wrangler Carrie Jackson Assistant Lighting Designer Monica Bowker Associate Lighting Designer Joshua Wroblewski Props Master Alexander Graham

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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Synopsis

Act I

A mythical land between the sun and the moon. Three ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save Prince Tamino from a terrible serpent. When the ladies leave to tell the Queen, the bird catcher Papageno appears. He boasts to Tamino that it was he who killed the creature. The ladies return to reprimand Papageno and to give Tamino a portrait of the Queen’s daughter, Pamina, who they claim has been enslaved by the evil Sarastro. Tamino immediately falls in love with Pamina’s image. The Queen of the Night appears, mourns the loss of her daughter to Tamino and commands him to rescue her. The ladies return to give a magic flute to Tamino and enchanted silver bells to Papageno and appoint three spirits to guide them in their quest. Sarastro’s slave Monostatos pursues Pamina but is frightened away by Papageno. Papageno tells Pamina that Tamino loves her and is on his way to save her. Meanwhile, Tamino arrives at Sarastro’s temple and meets the speaker who reveals that perhaps it is the Queen, not Sarastro, who is malicious. Hearing that Pamina is safe, Tamino charms wild animals with his flute and rushes off to follow the sound of Papageno’s pipes. Monostatos and his guards chase Papageno and Pamina but are left helpless when Papageno plays his enchanted bells. Papageno and Pamina arrive at Sarastro’s temple where Sarastro punishes Monostatos and promises Pamina that he will eventually set her free. Sarastro tells his priests that Tamino and Papageno will undergo initiation rites and they are led off to begin their first trial.

Act II

Inside the temple Sarastro and his priests prepare the initiation rites for Tamino and Papageno. Tamino and Papageno are told by the priests that they must remain silent and are not allowed to eat. The three ladies appear and assert their power to make Tamino and Papageno break their vows. Tamino holds steadfast, however Papageno almost immediately breaks both vows when he cannot remain silent and he takes some water from a mysterious old lady. When he asks her name, the old lady vanishes. The three spirits reappear to guide Tamino through the rest of his journey and to warn Papageno to be quiet. Tamino remains silent even when Pamina appears to confess her love. Misunderstanding his silence for coldness, Pamina leaves devastated. Monostatos, who has escaped, tries once again to seduce Pamina but is thwarted when the Queen of the Night appears. The Queen gives her daughter Pamina her dagger and orders her to murder Sarastro. Sarastro finds the desperate Pamina and consoles her, explaining that he is not interested in vengeance. The priests inform Tamino that he has only two more trials to complete his initiation. Papageno, who has given up on entering the brotherhood, longs for a wife instead. After a psychedelic dream sequence instigated by mystical wine, Papageno eventually settles

for the mysterious old lady. When he promises to be faithful, the old woman transforms into a beautiful young Papagena but once again immediately disappears. A heartbroken Pamina contemplates ending her life but the three spirits intervene and save her. Pamina and Tamino are reunited and face the ordeals of water and fire together, protected by the magic flute. Without his beloved Papagena, Papageno threatens to hang himself on a “tree” but is saved by the three spirits, who remind him that if he uses his enchanted bells he will find true happiness. When he plays the bells, Papagena appears and the two start making family plans. The Queen of the Night, her three ladies, and Monostatos arrive at the temple and plot their attack but are defeated and banished. Sarastro blesses Pamina and Tamino as all join in hailing enlightenment and the triumph of courage, virtue and wisdom.

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