Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute
Die Zauberflöte
Conductor: Robert Houlihan, Simon Robinson
Director: Bruno Berger-Gorski
Schedule
| 06.01.2016 | at 10:00 | Grand Hall | ||
| 06.01.2016 | at 12:00 | Grand Hall | ||
| 07.01.2016 | at 10:00 | Grand Hall | ||
| 07.01.2016 | at 12:00 | Grand Hall | ||
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Emanuel Schikaneder
The Magic Flute, a two-act German singspiel (an opera genre with spoken dialogues), undoubtedly represents one of Mozart’s most accomplished works that was conceived in the last year of composer’s life (1791) to a libretto of his friend – a singer, actor and impresario Emanuel Schikaneder. The complexity of this opera reflects the spirit of the Enlightenment, most notably due to its esoteric content and rich symbolism that has been an inherent part of our society since the dawn of humankind. Mozart’s music and theatrical ingenuity, which was for quite some time an unsurpassed phenomenon, addressed the ever “modern” conflict between good and evil, the darkness and the light – or, as in the context of modern psychoanalysis –, the ego and the unconscious, in the character of Prince Tamino, who is torn between temptations of the evil, incarnated by the Queen of the Night, and the sovereign “divine” reign of Sarastro. In contrast, the composer and librettist created the role of Papageno, a simple bird-catcher and Tamino’s “natural” antipode, who is more interested in earthly pleasures than those of knowledge and wisdom. The undisputed freshness and fluency of the melodic lines, as well as the perfectly balanced mixture of humour and rather “serious” topics, have remained the most remarkable qualities of Mozart’s creative genius. Moreover, its impact seems to never have faded, as it drives us, even in these times, to think about our own identities, inner motives, and various dimensions of our humaneness. In addition, the opera performance will also be sung in abridged version and in Slovene language for younger audiences.
Cast
Sarastro – Marcos Fink, Giancarlo Tosi
Tamino – Martin Sušnik
Queen of the Night – Petya Ivanova, Nina Dominko
Pamina – Andreja Zakonjšek Krt
Papageno – Jaki Jurgec
Papagena – Mojca Bitenc
Monostatos – Dušan Topolovec
The first lady – Katja Konvalinka
The second lady – Valentina Čuden
The third lady – Dada Kladenik
The first boy – Eva Černe
The second boy – Petra Crnjac
The third boy – Inez Osina
Speaker, The first priest, Drugi orožnik – Alfonz Kodrič
Speaker, The first priest Drugi orožnik – Marko Mandir
The first armoured man, The second priest – Klemen Torkar, Gregor Zavec
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