
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Alexander Tchaikovsky

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Georges Bizet

Giacomo Puccini

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Mieczysław Weinberg

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Giacomo Puccini

Giuseppe Verdi

Giacomo Puccini

Sergei Banevich

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Francesco Cilea

Sergei Prokofiev

Modest Mussorgsky

Dmitry Shostakovich

Richard Wagner
Camille Saint-Saëns

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Gaetano Donizetti

Benjamin Britten. Camille Saint-Saëns

Georg Philipp Telemann

Hector Berlioz

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Jacques Offenbach

Sergei Prokofiev. Maurice Ravel

Tatiana Kamysheva

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
César Cui. Igor Stravinsky

Richard Strauss

Gioachino Rossini

Dmitri Shostakovich

Gioacchino Rossini
Alexander Ostrovsky, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Giuseppe Verdi

Anton Rubinstein

Richard Strauss

Grigory Frid. Udo Zimmermann

Benjamin Britten

Georges Bizet

Dimitry Rostovsky

Modest Mussorgsky

Umberto Giordano

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Andrei Rubtsov

Giuseppe Verdi

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Alexei Verstovsky

Dmitry Shostakovich

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

First time Die Zauberflöte by Mozart was performed in Vienna on 30 September 1791. Libretto was written in German by an actor, director and impresario, Emanuel Schikaneder, a friend of composer. He was the one to play of bird-catcher Papageno. Fairy tale plot, in the spirit of magic music comedies, popular at the time in Austria, resembled flamboyant spectacle. It was full of wonderful adventures and fantastic creatures with a hint to the relevant events and ideas. Similar to the plot, music style of the opera was multi layered as well. Simple singing numbers in singspiel way neighbored with the complex and coloratura arias, while camouflaged quotes from J. S. Bach and protestant chorale — with a music of masonic ceremonials.
Premiered on September 24, 2004.
Presented with one interval.
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder based on Christoph Martin Wieland’s fairy tale Lulu, oder die Zauberflöte
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Act I
Prince Tamino flees a terrible serpent before three ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save him. The bird catcher Papageno appears. He claims that it was he who killed the serpent. Hearing Papageno take credit for their work, the ladies return and padlock Papageno’s mouth shut for lying. Turning to Tamino, they give the prince a portrait of the Queen’s daughter, Pamina, who they say is being held prisoner by the evil Sarastro. Tamino falls in love with Pamina’s portrait at first sight. The Queen appears. She grieves over the loss of her daughter and asks Tamino to rescue Pamina. The ladies offer Tamino a magic flute to ensure his safety on the journey, and to Papageno, who will accompany him, they give magic silver bells.
In Sarastro’s palace, the slave Monostatos pursues Pamina, but he is frightened away when Papageno arrives. The bird catcher tells Pamina that Tamino loves her and is on his way to save her.