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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

The Magic Flute - ​Die Zauberflöte 

A semi-staged production with piano accompaniment and German dialogues
Supertitles in English
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Come enjoy the talented young artists of the German Vocal Arts Institute Summer Program as they present a lively semi-staged performance of Mozart’s Magic Flute. ​

The singers coming to Seattle from all over the US to study German diction, voice and performance will present high quality performances together with well respected music professionals.
Tickets 
Saturday, August 11th, 2018, 7.30pm.
​Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue
Sunday, August 12th, 2018, 3pm.
Marine View Presbyterian Church, Tacoma
The online sale for tickets is already closed. We still sell tickets at the door. 
Snapshots from our dress rehearsal: 
​The Magic Flute by Mozart in a fresh and inventive staging by Erich Parce. 
 
This story revolves around the antics of the Knight family: Quintessa and Sarastro Knight, who their four daughters have nicknamed “The Queen” and “The Czar.” The two parents have recently been divorced and the mother has custody of the four girls. Their youngest daughter Pamina, because of the malevolence of her mother, has run away to her father’s house. Her father, however, to spite her mother, has kept Pamina locked in the house watched over by his executive assistant Monastatos and his staff.
Mrs. Knight runs a restaurant/bar on Capitol Hill where she is referred to by the clients as “Queen of the Night.” Mr. Knight, a business owner by day, likes to take solace in the evening with his friends at the Masonic Lodge where he is a Grand Master.
 At the beginning of the opera, Tamino, a young man who comes from a lineage of shamans, has moved to Seattle to explore life  outside of his family influence. In his own personal search for the shamanistic way of the spirits he ends up one evening at Mrs. Knight’s restaurant pursued by an attractive and “dangerous” woman. He is ultimately rescued by the Queen’s three daughters, who also take an interest in him. 
 We also meet Papageno, the quirky gardener of Mrs. Knight, who spends most of the day trying to get rid of the black birds around the house and restaurant. He uses a bird whistle to lure them in and then tries to catch them. Ultimately, at the end of the day, all he longs for a nice glass of wine and a girl-friend as crazy as himself.
 Mrs. Knight and her girls find out about Tamino’s quest and enlist him to help get Pamina away from her father. To help convince him, they give him a flute that has been in their family for years that is rumored to have magic power in the hands of a truly virtuous person.
 To show Tamino around Seattle, the girls also enlist Papageno, since he knows the whereabouts of Mr. Knight and Pamina. He is however, afraid of what might happen if the Czar catches them. The three daughters give him supposedly magic bells to help ease his fears.
 So… off they go. The adventure begins! Does magic exist? In the world of Mozart and love…yes!
Soloists

Stephanie Pfundt, Caroline Spaeth, Marissa Moultrie, Courtney Sanders, Ashley Shalna, Cassandra Willock, 
Ashlyn Herd, Gwen Paker, Erykka Jimenez, Hyunho Cho, Conrad Schmechel, Brett Sprague, Dorian McCall, Luke Norvell

Please find singer's biographies here. 


Chorus:
​Jessica Shain, Erica Behrends,
Diann Spicer, Zella Henderson, Sabina Howell, Lily Kister, 
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Akshay Kulkarni, Ian Dimayuga, Ken Klettke, Luke Norvell

Accompanist and conductors: Jinshil Yi (August 11), Glenda Williams (August 12)
Producer, German diction and voice coaching: Christine Menschner
Stage director: Erich Parce
Rehearsal accompanist: Glenda Williams, Jinshil Yi, Greg Smith
German Diction: Kristina Pilz
Come and enjoy beautiful music, an exciting story and the creative spirit of these young singers.

Locations

​Saturday August 11th, 2018 
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Cross of Christ Lutheran Church
411 156th Ave NE,
Bellevue, WA 98007

Click: Tickets for Saturday/Bellevue


Free parking lot
Sunday August 12th, 2018

Marine View Presbyterian Church 
8469 East Side Dr NE, 

​Tacoma, WA 98422
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Click: Tickets for Sunday/Tacoma

Free parking lot. 
GVAI believes that nobody should be excluded from enjoying the arts. If you are financially challenged and want to attend the concerts, please contact us here. 
If you want to get involved and volunteer at our events, please let us know here. We are grateful for your support.
GVAI is very grateful for the support of our donors, volunteers and supporters. 
Without you, the performances and this summer program would not have been possible. Thank you very much. Danke schön.

​Uli Lengenberg/Uli's famous sausage, Penelope and Cornelius Rosse, Eric Raub, Akshay Kulkarni, Lily Kister, Norbert and Nancy Hertl,  Jordyn Young, Lauren LaRuffa, Rosemarie Mulholland, Margrit Lindal, Hilde Pfurtscheller, ​Sophia Tagios, Rheinhaus Seattle, Jose Perez, Ursula Johnson, Myrna Izidor, Regina Thomas, Arja Kaipainen, Catherine and Douglas Cleveland, Jessica Choe, Michelle Terry, Michael Peskura, Becca Heavrin
Advisors: Joseph Heinrich, Ken Gunn, Bernhard Bossom, Ellen deGroat, Mary Mitchell, Xu Zhou, Eva Kammel, BLOCKbETA marketing 
​Singers of the chorus, Friends of the Austria Club of Washington
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