By W. A. Mozart
Fri Nov 17, 2017 – 7:30 pm – Buy Tickets or call 860.325.2826
Trinity-On-Main, 69 Main St, New Britain, CT
Sat Nov 18, 2017 – 7:30 pm – Buy Tickets or call 860.343.7555
MHS Performing Arts Center, 200 La Rosa Ln, Middletown, CT
Sun Nov 26, 2017 – 2:00 pm – Buy Tickets or call 860.325.2826
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St, Hartford, CT
Sat Dec 2, 2017 – 6:00 pm – Buy Tickets or call 860.444.7373
Garde Arts Center, 325 State St, New London, CT
The Magic Flute, chronicles the struggle between good and evil, centered on the conflict between Sarastro and the Queen of the Night in a mythic time and place reminiscent of Egypt. Sarastro has abducted the Queen’s daughter, Pamina, to save her from her wicked mother; and at the beginning of the opera the Queen and her three ladies dupe Prince Tamino into going to Sarastro’s realm to “rescue” Pamina, whose portrait makes the young prince fall in love with her. Tamino is accompanied to the temple by Papageno, the Queen’s birdcatcher. Tamino is lead to Sarastro, and he and Pamina are eventually brought to love and enlightenment. They resist the further temptations of the Queen and her minions, undergo trials by fire and water, and are united with each other and inducted into the priestly state. At the end all demons are exorcised: the Queen of the Night, her ladies, and Monostatos, Sarastro’s nefarious servant, sink into the earth.
This fully staged production will be conducted by CLO’s Artistic Director, Adrian Sylveen, accompanied by the company’s resident orchestra and co-production partner, the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, with a full chorus directed by Chorus master, Dara Blackstone. CLO will perform The Magic Flute in English, rather than its original German, to help make this production “friendlier” for families and those new to opera.
Cast
Tamino – Oswaldo Iraheta, Joel Edwards
Papageno – Daniel Macey
Pamina – Amanda Kohl, Abigail Krawczyńska
Queen of the Night – Maria Cook, Letitia Stevens
Sarastro – Steve Fredericks
First Lady – Mary McCue
Second Lady – Tamra Grace Jones, Sara Trenner
Third Lady – Rebecca Batista, Rachel Abrams
Papagena – Stephanie Foster, Julie Rumbold, Felicia Baker
Monastatos – John Kim
Spirits – Haichen Peng, Chelsea Pall, Julie Rumbold, Felicia Baker, Stephanie Foster
Armored Men – Fred Goff, Steven Fasano, Devon Russo
Priests – Djore Nance, Alexis Piñero-Benson, Ishaar Gupta