Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute - Die Zauberflöte
A semi-staged production with piano accompaniment and German dialogues
Supertitles in English
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
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue
Sunday, August 12th, 2018, 3pm.
Marine View Presbyterian Church, Tacoma
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!
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!
