Since its premiere performance in 1791, Mozart's DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (THE MAGIC FLUTE) has been wildly popular with audiences worldwide. Within a strange, joyous tale of monsters, heroes, and adventure, Mozart crafted music of incredible depth, range, and emotion, giving us a sparkling meditation on humanity.
Mannes Opera's new production takes the idea of a universal fairytale, twists it through a modern lens, and creates a lush, liminal space of myth and mystery to bring life to the mercurial nature of the story. The music, conducted by rising star Tong Chen, captures the tale's lightness and darkness with soaring arias, intricate duets, and rousing choruses to delight and thrill an audience.
The young singers of Mannes Opera infuse the production with their fresh energy and exceptional vocal abilities, bringing new life to beloved characters. With its rollicking blend of music, drama, and fantasy, Mannes Opera's production of DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE promises to be a vibrant experience for opera lovers and newcomers alike.
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
libretto by Emmanuel Schikaneder
sung in German with text in Chinese, English, Greek, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Tagalog
Creative Team
Conductor: Tong Chen
Director: Emma Griffin
Student Assistant Conductor: Laura Gentile
Student Assistant Director: Giancarlo Abrahan
Scenography: Alejandro Fajardo+ and Ásta Bennie Hostetter+
Lighting Design: Alejandro Fajardo+
Costume Design: Ásta Bennie Hostetter+
Projections/Titles Design: Alessandra Cronin
Choreographer: Sunny Hitt
Hair & Makeup Design: Anais McCaskie
Rehearsal/Performance Pianist: Cris Frisco
Production Stage Manager: Christopher Denver
Assistant Stage Manager: Tate Chu
Assistant Stage Manager: Benjamin A. Vigil
Assistant Projections Designer: Jamie Godwin
Assistant Costume Designers: Annie Hoeg and Avery Richards
Student Rehearsal Pianists: Mariia Kolosova and Youngmo Na
Performances
Friday, April 14 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 15 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 16 at 2:00pm
Running Time
2 hours and 20 minutes, including intermission
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE will stream on-demand on Thursday, April 27 at 7:30pm. RSVP!
Tamino: Samuel Ng
Pamina: Hyunju Ha
Papageno: Jannik Horlitz
Papagena: Maia Sumanaweera
Queen of the Night: Yohji Daquio
Sarastro: Bai Chen
Monostatos: Daniel Rosenberg
First Lady: Alexandra Kzeski
Second Lady: Meredith Gray
Third Lady: Yuzhen Jin
First Priest/Chorus: Julian Bailey
Second Priest/Chorus: Knox van Horn
First Armored/Chorus: Radnel Ofalsa
Second Armored/Chorus: Yuan Lai
First Knabe: Lina Chung
Second Knabe: Sofia Durante
Third Knabe: Claire Coven
Chorus:
Dalis de la Mothe
Young Il Jeon
Kore Adachi
Emily Crowley
Patricia Williams
Melissa Hartman
Shelley Zheng
Haojin Mo
Haojie Jiang
Tamino: Dmitry Mironov
Pamina: Hannah Cho
Papageno: Colin Safley
Papagena: Katy Lee
Queen of the Night: Hyunseon Kang
Sarastro: Chris Lau
Monostatos: Julio Betancourt
First Lady: Despoina Drandaki
Second Lady: India Rowland
Third Lady: Ziwan Nie
First Priest/Chorus: Julian Bailey
Second Priest/Chorus: Knox van Horn
First Armored/Chorus: Radnel Ofalsa
Second Armored/Chorus: Yuan Lai
First Knabe: Hannah Hall
Second Knabe: Angela Shon
Third Knabe: Claire Coven
Chorus:
Dalis de la Mothe
Young Il Jeon
Kore Adachi
Emily Crowley
Patricia Williams
Melissa Hartman
Shelley Zheng
Haojin Mo
Haojie Jiang
Under the leadership of Managing Artistic Director Emma Griffin, the Mannes Opera is a training program with a curiosity for the new and a devotion to craft for operatic artists. As part of the College of Performing Arts, the program uses the medium of opera to innovate, improvise, and create, and offers young artists extensive performance practice and opportunities.
The program engages with the rich tradition of classical repertoire as a lens with which to better understand today’s world and trains students to be professional artists with agency and control over what they do and how they do it. Mannes Opera draws on the best opera and theater makers that NYC has to offer.
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