Name: Die Zauberflöte
Start: 2013-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2013-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Simone Kermes

The Queen of the Night

Bass

Dimitry Ivashchenko

Sarastro

Tenor

Pavol Breslik

Tamino

Kate Royal

Pamina

Baritone

Michael Nagy

Papageno

Chen Reiss

Papagena

Annick Massis

First lady

Magdalena Kožená

Second lady

Contralto

Nathalie Stutzmann

Third lady

José van Dam

Speaker

James Elliott

Monostastos

Andreas Schager

First armored man

David Jerusalem

Second armored man

Conductor

Simon Rattle

Stage director

Robert Carsen

Set designer

Michael Levine

Costume designer

Petra Reinhardt

Lighting designer

Peter van Praet

Dramaturge

Ian Burton

Benjamin Hulett

First priest

Jonathan Lemalu

Second priest

Ana Durlovski

Regula Mühlemann

Child vocalist

David Rother

First spirit

Cedric Schmitt

Second spirit

Joshua Augustin

Third spirit

Video designer

Martin Eidenberger

Armin Keplinger

Chorus master

Simon Halsey

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker

Others

Rundfunkchor Berlin

Die Zauberflöte -  (The Magic Flute)

Baden-Baden

Germany

An arresting and star-studded production of Mozart’s Singspiel nonpareil: in the 2013 Baden-Baden Easter Festival, a group of outstanding soloists joined Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker for Die Zauberflöte in an attractive and naturalistic staging by Robert Carsen.

Premiered just months before Mozart’s tragic death in late 1791, Die Zauberflöte (“The Magic Flute”) is one of the composer’s most enigmatic and captivating musical creations. Inspired by a potpourri of different sources—medieval romance, scholarly essays, Viennese popular theater, and Freemasonry, to name just a few—the work grew out of a collaboration between Mozart, his friend Emanuel Schikaneder (who wrote the libretto), and Schikaneder’s theatrical troupe. A great success, by the mid-1790s it had already been performed hundreds of times. This compelling and modern production stars Pavol Breslik as Tamino, Kate Royal as Pamina, Michael Nagy as Papageno, Ana Durlovski as the Queen of the Night, and Annick Massis, Magdalena Kozena, and Nathalie Stutzmann as a stellar casting of the Three Ladies.

In a mythical land between the sun and the moon, Prince Tamino’s guided quest to save Princess Pamina begins. This immersive two-act opera performance hailing the triumph of courage, virtue, and wisdom was held for the first time with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden during Easter Festival 2013 and conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

olfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Baden-Baden Easter Festival 2013
01 Apr 2013
From the Baden-Baden Easter Festival

Die Zauberflöte Mozart

Public

The Magic Flute

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading