"The Magic Flute The Magic Flute (German: ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ""Singspiel"", a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work was premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months before the composer's premature death. In this opera, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high"
"gift. Jim receives from Della a gold chain bought with Della's hair. Della receives ornate haircombs from Jim bought with his father's watch. They sit in melancholy silence evaluating what they have received. Their mutual sacrifice shines forth in their minds and they sing of their love and renewed fidelity. Both ""Della's Aria"" and ""Jim Soliloquy"" can be found in E. C. Shirmer's Opera Aria Anthology vol. 1 Soprano and vol. 4 Baritone respectively. The Gift of the Magi (Conte opera) The Gift of the Magi is a chamber opera in four scenes with music by David Conte and libretto"
"Times"" said that the work ""gets right to the heart of the opera's humanist message"". The Magic Flute (musical) The Magic Flute (Impempe Yomlingo) is a musical theatre work adapted from the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera of the same title by Mark Dornford-May, with words and music by Mandisi Dyantyis, Mbali Kgosidintsi, Pauline Malefane and Nolufefe Mtshabe. Mozart's score is transposed for an orchestra of marimbas, drums and township percussion. The musical, set in contemporary South Africa, re-interprets the story from a South African perspective, telling of Prince Tamino's quest to rescue Pamina (both of them are Xhosa-speaking teenagers), daughter"
"captain, Osmano, to have them poisoned. However, Osmano substitutes a sleeping potion for the poison at the urging of Mirinda (Erisbe's confidante) who has promised to marry him if he spares the lovers. All ends more or less happily when the King learns that Ormindo is actually his son from a youthful liaison. He forgives everyone and cedes his kingdom to Ormindo. Complete Excerpts Ormindo Ormindo (""L'Ormindo"") is an opera in three acts and a Prologue by Francesco Cavalli to an original Italian libretto by Giovanni Faustini. The manuscript score and libretto, which describes the work as a ""favola dramatica"
"son to discover the virtue of his fiancée. Aceste pronounces an oath of fidelity and loyalty to Venus, who then retires. It only remains for Ascanio to perpetuate the race of Aeneas and guide the city of Alba to prosperity. ""Act 1"" ""Act 2"" Ascanio in Alba Ascanio in Alba, K. 111, is a pastoral opera in two parts ("""") by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Parini. It was commissioned by the Empress Maria Theresa for the wedding of her son, Archduke Ferdinand Karl, to Maria Beatrice d'Este on 15 October 1771. It was first performed"
"the revelation of the picture. Tamino's heart is stirred, and then more powerfully so; he cannot name the emotion, he calls it love. Thus identified, the sentiment grows stronger; he moves from beautiful picture to the beautiful woman represented on it. Tamino is overwhelmed with a sense of her potential presence, her potential liveliness. He speaks of pressing her to his breast, and he wants to possess her forever."" The aria is scored for modest forces: two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, the usual string section, and the tenor soloist. Mozart's musical setting mostly follows the scheme of Schikaneder's poem."
"The Magic Flute (musical) The Magic Flute (Impempe Yomlingo) is a musical theatre work adapted from the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera of the same title by Mark Dornford-May, with words and music by Mandisi Dyantyis, Mbali Kgosidintsi, Pauline Malefane and Nolufefe Mtshabe. Mozart's score is transposed for an orchestra of marimbas, drums and township percussion. The musical, set in contemporary South Africa, re-interprets the story from a South African perspective, telling of Prince Tamino's quest to rescue Pamina (both of them are Xhosa-speaking teenagers), daughter of the Queen of the Night, from the Priest of the Sun. The musical premiered"
"Onegin"", for which he won the John Christie Award. In 1978 he made his first appearance with English National Opera, as Tamino in ""The Magic Flute"". In the course of a long and varied career he performed in Handel's oratorios, sang the role of Evangelist in J. S. Bach's ""St John Passion"" and ""St Matthew Passion"", and sang solos in Haydn's ""The Seasons"" and ""The Creation"". Operas he recorded include Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"", Gilbert and Sullivan's ""The Mikado,"" Mozart's ""Idomeneo"" and ""La clemenza di Tito"", and Britten's ""Peter Grimes"" as well as appearing in the latter's ""War Requiem"", amongst"
"has sung the line ""Soll die Empfindung Liebe sein?"" (""Could this feeling be love?""), the clarinets and bassoons twice play the answer to him, ""Ja, ja"", which Tamino then sings in the same rhythm. The key of the aria is E-flat major. This is the home key of ""The Magic Flute"" (the opera begins and ends in this key), but this may have nothing to do with Mozart's key choice. Branscombe suggests instead that Mozart tailored the music (his normal practice) to the singer who premiered it, his friend the composer/tenor Benedikt Schack, specifically setting the key so that the"
"Bampton Classical Opera in 2006 for the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. Four characters from the commedia dell'arte (Dottore, Pantalone, Colombina and Pedrolino) open the opera with a quartet. There is no more music, so the Dottore summons the Composer, who, with the aid of a singer of tragic music and his own father, gradually works out how the opera should go. The opera ends with an epilogue sung by the Composer. The Jewel Box The Jewel Box is a pasticcio opera constructed by Paul Griffiths out of various pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Its mostly English libretto by Paul"
"Williams suggest that the opening notes of ""Dies Bildnis"" spill over into other numbers of ""The Magic Flute"": ""The opening phrase of 'Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön' turns up at a half-dozen unexpected places in the second finale. These and similar melodic remembrances are not to be regarded as leitmotifs in the Wagnerian sense but as partly unconscious echoes of musical ideas that were in Mozart's mind throughout the composition of the opera."" One such echo has been repeatedly noted: the phrase to which Pamina sings the words """" (""My Tamino! Oh what happiness!"") when she and Tamino are reunited"
"most demanding in operatic repertoire. In the preceding scene, Prince Tamino was shown a portrait of the Queen's daughter Pamina and fell instantly in love with her, singing of his feelings in the aria ""Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön"". The Queen then makes a dramatic entrance, preceded by the Three Ladies calling to Tamino ""Sie kommt! Sie kommt!"" (""[Here] she comes!""). The grand entrance music for the Queen is in B-flat, marked ""Allegro maestoso"", with the following stage direction: Not all modern productions adhere to this prescription. In the aria, the Queen first quiets Tamino's fears and attempts to befriend"
"Mozarteum in Salzburg which included the two Mozart arias. Marchese Calandrano is afflicted with insatiable curiosity. He is betrothed to the beautiful Clorinda but wonders what she would do if another man paid court to her. He enlists the young Count Ripaverde, who is in love with Calandrano's niece Emilia, to test Clorinda's fidelity. This proves to be Calandrino's downfall, as Ripaverde and Clorinda fall in love. Calandrino's friend, Aurelio consoles Emilia and they too fall in love, as do Serpina (Clorinda's maid) and Prospero, (Clorinda's maggiordomo). The opera ends with the three couples celebrating their new-found happiness together and"
"They give Tamino a portrait of the Queen of the Night's daughter Pamina, with whom Tamino falls instantly in love (aria: ""Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön"" / This image is enchantingly beautiful). The ladies return and tell Tamino that Pamina has been captured by Sarastro, whom they describe as a powerful, evil demon. Tamino vows to rescue Pamina. The Queen of the Night appears and promises Tamino that Pamina will be his if he rescues her from Sarastro (Recitative and aria: ""O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn"" / Oh, tremble not, my dear son!). The Queen leaves and the ladies"
"three, and has a few substantial changes. Each act lasts for around an hour in performance. The Salzburg court chaplain Varesco was largely responsible for this editing of Metastasio's libretto. It is often referred to not as an opera, but as a serenata, a type of dramatic cantata. The appearance of a quartet of lovers (Aminta and Elisa, Agenore and Tamiri) of somewhat dubious fidelity automatically puts a modern audience in mind of ""Così fan tutte"". The principal psychological theme of the opera is, however, the demands of love against the demands of kingship, as Aminta, the shepherd-king, tussles with"
"The Gift of the Magi (Conte opera) The Gift of the Magi is a chamber opera in four scenes with music by David Conte and libretto by Nicholas Giardini. Based on the short story of the same title by O. Henry, the opera focuses on Jim and Della, who are a poor married couple and cannot afford to buy each other presents for Christmas. It premiered on December 7 and 8, 1997 with a workshop production to the accompaniment of two pianos at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The orchestral version was premiered at the conservatory on December 3,"
"opera ""Ruggiero"", while Mozart's serenata had been commissioned by the Milan authorities. Hasse had been Maria Theresa's music teacher 38 years earlier, and had remained her favorite musician and personal friend. But he now was 71, suffering from gout, and could barely travel to Milan. The Empress was aware that Hasse was too old and feeble for the event, and that he was past his prime, while young Mozart was only 15, brimming with energy. Still, she was embittered by Hasse's lack of success, and consoled him, back in Vienna, with rich presents. This may have contributed to her growing"
"fairytale may have been influenced by his experience in the theater, which began in 1808 (Robertson 1992, xi). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ""The Magic Flute"" was one of the many operas that Hoffmann conducted during the period in which he wrote ""The Golden Pot"". In the opera, Tamino must survive tests imposed by Sarastro,a wise magician, if he is to win her. The wise old Sarastro resembles Archivist Lindhorst in this regard, and Sarastro also has a female foe, the Queen of the Night, who is Pamina’s mother, comparing to the applemonger, who was Veronika’s wardress. Like the applemonger, the"
"him, then tells the sad, although misleading, tale of Pamina's abduction by Sarastro, and finally makes a stirring plea to Tamino to rescue her daughter. As the aria ends, the Queen and the Three Ladies leave the stage, leaving the astonished Tamino to ponder his task and gather his resolve. A performance takes about five minutes. The verse to which the aria was set was written by the opera's librettist Emanuel Schikaneder. Schikaneder was the impresario for whom the opera was written as well as the first performer of the role of Papageno. <poem lang=""de"" style=""float:left;""> O zittre nicht, mein"
"resentment against the Mozarts. After the success of Mozart's ""Lucio Silla"" (Carnival of December 1772 to January 1773), Leopold, overstayed his visit in Milan by a few months, still hoping for a position for young Mozart, until he was finally advised that no position would be offered. Leopold had to leave empty-handed. The Empress Maria-Theresa's behind-the-scenes objection to Mozart was revealed much later, when her 17-year-old son Ferdinand, Imperial Governor of Milan, delighted by Mozart's ""Mitridate"", and his wedding serenata, ""Ascanio in Alba"", had expressed his desire to employ young Mozart in his court. His mother answered, in a famous"
"from 15 November 1797, six years after Mozart's death. Mozart's widow, Constanze, arranged for the overture and opening quartet to be performed at the Estates Theatre in Prague during a concert highlighting the musical debut of their youngest son, Franz Xavier Mozart. In 1991, the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death, Opera North premièred ""The Jewel Box"", a pasticcio opera devised by Paul Griffiths. This used the existing pieces from ""Lo sposo deluso"" and ""L'oca del Cairo"" as well as arias written by Mozart for insertion into operas by Anfossi, Piccini and Cimarosa, among others. (The programme was an imagined reconstruction"
"take Nena as wife for his son, the foppish Don Pietro. Nina and Nena meanwhile have fallen in love with Ascanio, not realising their relationship. The two maids Vanella (servant of Carlo) and Cardella (servant of Marcaniello) comment on and take part in the various intrigues which ensue. Finally, in a duel with Carlo, the latter recognises Ascanio as his lost nephew by a birthmark on his arm. Ascanio and Luggrezia are now free to marry. key: conductor/Nena/Nina/Luggrezia/Ascanio/Carlo/Marcaniello/Pietro/Cardella/Vannella Lo frate 'nnamorato Lo frate 'nnamorato (Neapolitan: ""The Brother in Love"") is a three-act ""commedia musicale"" (a form of ""opera buffa"") by"
"of ""Ascanio in Alba"" (1771) and ""Lucio Silla"" (1772). Leopold hoped that these visits would result in a professional appointment for his son, and indeed ruling Archduke Ferdinand contemplated hiring Mozart but owing to his mother Empress Maria Theresa's reluctance to employ ""useless people"", the matter was dropped and Leopold's hopes were never realized. Toward the end of the journey, Mozart wrote the solo motet ""Exsultate, jubilate"", K. 165. After finally returning with his father from Italy on 13 March 1773, Mozart was employed as a court musician by the ruler of Salzburg, Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo. The composer had a"
"is tormented by remorse and flees to the palace garden, hoping to find a peaceful spot where he can seek solace in sleep (Aria:""""Pastorello d'un povero armento""""). Garibaldo, finding him unprotected, decides to kill him. Bertarido appears and kills the intended assassin; Grimoaldo, however, he spares (Aria:""""Vivi, tiranno!""""). Grimoaldo renounces his claim to the throne of Milan, and pledges himself once again to Eduige. He offers the throne back to Bertarido who accepts it once he is assured that his wife and son will be returned to him. There is general rejoicing. The opera's libretto is by Nicola Francesco Haym,"
"in his struggles with his father; he describes Wolfgang's resignation of his Salzburg position and marriage to Constanze as a two-act ""drama of liberation from Salzburg, specially Wolfgang's liberation from Leopold Mozart"". Leopold Mozart's music is inevitably overshadowed by the work of his son Wolfgang, and in any case the father willingly sacrificed his own career to promote his son's. But Leopold's ""Cassation in G for Orchestra and Toys"" (Toy Symphony), (also variously attributed to Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, and Austrian Benedictine monk Edmund Angerer) remains popular; and a number of symphonies, a trumpet concerto, and other works also survive."
"of his father. He prays to God that, if he will make Salieri a famous composer, he will in return promise his faithfulness. Soon after, his father dies, which Salieri takes as a sign that God has accepted his vow. He is educated in Vienna and becomes court composer to Emperor Joseph II. Mozart arrives in Vienna to perform at the request of his employer, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. Salieri attends the performance to meet Mozart and, despite Mozart's obscenity and immaturity, finds his talent to be transcendent. The Emperor desires to commission Mozart to write an opera and, despite"
"Ascanio in Alba Ascanio in Alba, K. 111, is a pastoral opera in two parts ("""") by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Parini. It was commissioned by the Empress Maria Theresa for the wedding of her son, Archduke Ferdinand Karl, to Maria Beatrice d'Este on 15 October 1771. It was first performed at the Teatro Regio Ducal in Milan on 17 October 1771. The opening scene introduces Venus and Ascanio, the son she had by Aeneas. (In most classical sources, Venus/Aphrodite is the mother of ""Aeneas"".) The goddess vaunts the charms of Alba and invites her"
"parody of one of Mozart's own operas, Emanuel Schikaneder asks Mozart to write an opera for his theater. Mozart, desperate for money, obliges, despite Constanze's insistence that he finish the Requiem Mass. The couple fight and Constanze leaves with their young son, Karl. Mozart collapses during a performance of his finished work, ""The Magic Flute"". Salieri takes him home and offers his assistance on the Requiem. Salieri transcribes Mozart's verbal commands, and they work through the night. The next morning, a gravely ill Mozart apologizes to Salieri for his previous behavior. A guilty Constanze returns home and locks the unfinished"
"and a beautiful method. For this reason another opera, ""La Frascatana"", will be given so that the public can hear him on next Wednesday ... This man truly sings very beautifully."" Schack's collaborative opera ""Der Stein der Weisen"" has recently been revived, prompted by the discovery of an early manuscript copy, by Boston Baroque under Martin Pearlman; the work has received favorable reviews. Benedikt Schack Benedikt Emanuel Schack () (7 February 175810 December 1826) was a composer and tenor of the Classical era, a close friend of Mozart and the first performer of the role of Tamino in Mozart's opera"
"other pieces by Mozart to complete it. Fragments from ""L'oca del Cairo"", ""Lo sposo deluso"", and ""Der Schauspieldirektor"" have been combined as ""Waiting for Figaro,"" performed in 2002 by the Bampton Classical Opera. Don Pippo, a Spanish Marquess, keeps his only daughter Celidora locked up in his tower. She is betrothed to Count Lionetto, but her true love is Biondello, a wealthy gentleman. Biondello makes a bet with the Marquis that if he can rescue Celidora from the tower within a year he wins her hand in marriage. He succeeds by having himself smuggled into the tower garden inside a"
"desired and vows to destroy Mozart. Mozart, meanwhile, struggles to find work and begins drinking. His father, Leopold Mozart, comes to visit him in Vienna. Constanze and Mozart take Leopold to a masked party (which Salieri also attends), where Mozart entertains the guests with musical antics. Leopold disapproves of his son's hedonism, and the family argues until Leopold leaves town. Salieri hires a young girl to pose as the Mozarts' maid while spying for him. She takes him to the Mozart residence, where he discovers that Mozart is working on an opera based on the play ""The Marriage of Figaro"","
"He promises that Tamino's confusion will be lifted when Tamino approaches the temple in a spirit of friendship. Tamino plays his magic flute. Animals appear and dance, enraptured, to his music. Tamino hears Papageno's pipes sounding offstage, and hurries off to find him (aria: """"). Papageno and Pamina enter, searching for Tamino (trio: """"). They are recaptured by Monostatos and his slaves. Papageno plays his magic bells, and Monostatos and his slaves begin to dance, and exit the stage, still dancing, mesmerised by the beauty of the music (chorus: """"). Papageno and Pamina hear the sound of Sarastro's retinue approaching."
"courage through a foul storm. He reawakes in the kingdom of Massinissa, feeling the presence of Constanza beside him. The moral behind his dream was a hymn of praise to the eternal virtues offered by heaven, a model for all those who believe in God. In the final scene Licenza praises Scipio's choice and explains that the real protagonist of the play is not Scipio, but the dedicatee – Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus von Colloredo. Notes Sources Il sogno di Scipione , K. 126, is a ""dramatic serenade"" in one act (""azione teatrale"") composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto by"