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 Mozart wrote his last opera, The Magic Flute, shortly before his death in 1791. An immediate success, the opera was performed over 100 times in its premiere year. The Magic Flute is a tender, heart warming, and amusing opera that gives center stage to the interwoven relationships between the lead characters.The Rimrock Opera Company last produced The Magic Flute in 2003, taking the audience on an adventurous journey and exploring life’s affirming message that love conquers all. After 14 years, the Rimrock Opera Foundation and NOVA Center for the Performing Arts are excited to produce this wonderful, two-act opera and bring it back to the Billings community on February 25, 2017. The opera will be sung in its original German with spoken English dialogue. Projected super-titles will provide the English translation above the stage. The Magic Flute will be performed at the Alberta Bair Theater on February 25, 2017 at 7:30 p.m Synopsis Unlocking Magic Flute’s Mysteries by Peter G. Davis Although among the most popular and
instantly enjoyable operas in the repertory, Mozart’s The Magic Flute
tends to baffle those who expect an opera plot to unfold with orderly
consistency—like Puccini’s La Bohème, for example, a poignant love story
told with economy, clarity, and no fancy pretenses. The Magic Flute, on
the other hand, can often seem like a puzzling hodgepodge of events,
ranging from low farce to sublime solemnity, and opinions differ widely
over what it all means. (click here to see complete story) Peter G. Davis, author of The American Opera Singer, writes for The New York Times and Opera News. He was music critic for New York magazine for 26 years. The Story and Backstory of writing The Magic Flute Posted by Luke Howard in Program Notes The plot of The Magic Flute is undeniably complicated. And it’s not the complexity of human relationships that swirl around a basic dramatic premise like “love” (as in The Marriage of Figaro) or morality and politics (as in Don Giovanni). Neither is it a comedy, though there are comic moments. It is truly a head-scratcher from almost any viewpoint. One of the only criticisms Richard Wagner had of Mozart was that he was willing to set low quality libretti to high quality music (and if that was the worst thing Wagner could say about Mozart, then it was high praise). But if Wagner was thinking about The Magic Flute, then he had a point. Unraveling the plot of The Magic Flute appears to have generated more scholarly research than the music has, as scholars and fans alike try to account for its eccentricities. Click Here for complete story |
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Rehearsal Photographs 1st Set Dress Rehearsal Photographs 2nd Set Dress Rehearsal Photographs by Michael Downing Darkness at edge of Mozart's 'Magic Flute' by Jaci Webb February 25, 2017 cast list Papageno- Ross Coughanour Pamina - Amy Logan Tamino - Lukas Graf Papagena - Karla Stricker Queen - Brooke Moncada Sarastro - Daren Small Three Ladies - Janie Sutton, Kristy Dallas, Kate Meyer Speaker - William Mouat Monostatos - Justin Ward 3 spirits- small young ladies with light voices Mandi Taylor, Kelli Deiling, Marisa Getchell Ensemble List Stage Director - Daniel Helfgot Conductor - Barbara Day Turner Opera Rehearsal Acompanist - Eric Andries Chorus Master- William Mouat Chorus rehearsal accompanist Katy Garber German diction coach - Doug Nagel Costumes- Tricities Opera Lighting Design - Alex Heyneman Set Design - Nathan Blanding |
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