LA FLAUTA MÀGICA

Música de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto Emanuel Schikaneder

Orquestra de Cambra Terrassa 48

Conducted Josep Miquel Mindan

Stage manager Jaume Villanueva

Costume design Montse Miralles

Choreography Roberth Aramburo, Gloria Llevat

Ligths by Claudi Palomino

Characterization Laura Liñán, Marta Ivars

Assistant director Blanca Díez Arias, Pau Sintes

Stage managers Álvaro Durán, Juliana Tauber, Esther Mauri

Production manager Marina Negre

Concertmaster Quim Térmens

Choir director Eric Varas

Lighting technology IMESDE

Props and costumes Rafató Teatre

Translator Jordi Monfort

Photography & graphics Biel_fpv, Asimètic films, Anna Martínez, Bernat Arcusa

Communication Jeloudoli

The magic flute, a philharmonic creation of O.P.D.B

OPERA POPULAR DE BARCELONA

General Artistic Administrator Cristina Raventós

Artistic direction Eric Varas

Assistant Artistic Director Jaume Villanueva

Founding patrons of honor

Josep Arias Velasco, Xavier Biel i Jordi Ribera Bergós

Pamina Laura Gibert

Tamino  Facundo Muñoz

Papageno Joan  G. Gomà

Papagena Imma  Masramon

Sarastro  Danil Sayfullin

Queen of the Night Alba Martinez Nieto

Monostatos  Ángel Baile

Ladie 1 Gisela Villamayor 

Ladie 2 Kimhiyo Nakako

Ladie 3 Maria Batlle 

Angel 1 Victorina Pérez 

Angel 2 Marie Laurie Butty

Angel 3 Grissel Ruiz 

Armed man1 Adrià Mas

Armed man  2 / Sprecher Lluís Vergés 

Slave 1 José Luis González

Slave 2 Germán Casetti

Choir

Sopranos: 

Victorina Pérez, Ayelén Seras, Ana Yanini

Gabriela Schurrer, Marie Laurie Butty 

Mezzosopranos:

Grissel Ruiz, Sara García, Juhee Nam,

Nadia Ruseva, Marta Mateu

Tenors: 

Adrià Mas,  Roger Vicens, Albert Valero,

Jose Luís González, Alexeider Pérez    

Basses: 

Lluis Vergés, Carles Salmons, Alejandro Chelet,

Germán Casetti, Adrian Bernal 

Mariemma's boys and girls

Guillem Calderón, Sofia Lasheras, Daniela Martín

The samurai

Pau Aymerich, Jan López, Ekaitz Villar 

Piccoli papageni e papegene

Queralt Balsera

Queralt Moriño

Leonardo Manzano

Nicolás Manzano

Aira Belmonte

Amneris Belmonte

Maria Capell

Eily Quintas

Magdalena Querol

Berta Garcia 

Dana Poveda

Bastian Muñoz

Baby Eily Quintas

Fictional characters Cia. La Catalana

Néstor Ortiz  Facundo Muñoz

Amparo Valle, Alba Martinez Nieto

Malecanta, Ángel Baile

Guest stars

Teddy Bear

Dragon Pong Xhoh

With the collaboration of the students of the Conservatori Professional de Dansa de l'Institut del Teatre

Figuration program and poster Sergi Espina

Prince Tamino is attacked by a big serpent.

Three ladies who are the servants of the Queen of the Night save him and leave to tell

her about him. Papageno, a bird catcher, shows up and claims to have killed the

serpent.

The 3 Ladies arrive and punish him, and show Tamino a portrait of the queen’s

daughter, Pamina, he falls in love with her immediately.

The Queen of the Night promises her daughter to him if he can rescue Pamina, who is

enslaved by the evil Sarastro.

Tamino decides to rescue her and is given a magic flute by the 3 Ladies. Papageno is

enlisted to assist Tamino and is given magic bells. Through the power of these

instruments, Tamino finally meets Pamina.

They fall in love with each other immediately and Tamino realizes that Sarastro is not

an evil man, but a high priest who has protected Pamina from her mother, who is filled

with ambition to dominate the world.

To reunite with his beloved, Pamina, Tamino must pass 3 tests ordered by Sarastro.

The first of which is silence. Tamino cannot speak to Pamina, but she does not know

why. She feels deep sorrow, but the pair eventually endure this test.

The second test is fire and the third test is water.

Together, with the power of the magic flute, they overcome these tests.

Papageno is also tested to win his lover to whom he promised to be loyal.

Papageno is not able to endure the tests and begins to lose hope.

The 3 Angels remind him of his magical bells, and he calls to Papagena. They fall in

love and plan to have children.

Pamina’s mother, the Queen of the Night is furious. She tries to break into the temple

of Sarastro with her 3 Ladies and Monostatos, but she is beaten by his power. In the

end, Sarastro blesses Tamino and Pamina for overcoming their tests and they are

reunited.

Mozart, like the most authentic art, does not need to be understood to reach our soul. Sublime by the beauty of goodness, his music is the indescribable matter of dreams, from the smallest note— Mozart's humble greatness manifests itself by provoking us into absolute abstraction, oblivion: the beautification of Schopenhauer, the implicit transcendental foundation of beauty.

Transcendence is a virtue. Virtue is the means by which humans innately function in life. If there’s anyone who enjoyed this privilege in the long, heavy, and tortuous discourse of history, it was W. A. Mozart.

Explaining Mozart is a risky venture. Mozart is a feeling-- like love; like the tenderness of that best friend that we have always dreamed of, and that many of us are lucky to have. I would not understand humanity without him. To describe the unimaginable feeling of fullness that Mozart provokes in me, I am compelled to reference the Sonata in C major (KV330/ 1), where Mozart was a child, like me -- a beautiful and playful friend who emerges happily from the score, takes me by the hand, and leads me along, dancing. Perhaps music is meant to make you feel that which words cannot describe.

Mozart's closeness to the average people, and his understanding of their needs, along with his work’s contribution to the spread of culture, enlightenment, social criticism, and freedom, completely destroys the cliché and false caricatures of him as a frivolous, inconsequential, and trivial composer. Mozart's work and life magically contribute to the progress of humanity. Magic is a constant presence in Mozart’s work and life in the same way that it is a fundamental part of goodness and virtue. In the confrontation between good and evil that takes place in The magic flute, the listener quickly learns that good does not exist, and that evil is the natural state. Good is only the absolute absence of evil.

With this in mind, we invite you to take part in the humility of our project, which stems from virtue. We have put in our best effort. Behind each gesture, each note – even the most imperceptible movement-- there are hours upon hours of diligence, energy, hard work, solitude, and sacrifice, but also great joy and happiness. We are not greedy because music has made us a family. Nothing comes without earning it: we are here because good has been able to triumph over the pettiness and exploitation by some poor human beings. We live for art alone and have poured our hearts into this Zauberflöte to make it truly magical. We are proud of our team’s dedication and eager to share it with you.

A huge thank you to everyone: the wonderful audience, the company, the musicians, the artists, the technicians, and the singers, for creating so much happiness and for granting me the enormous fortune of experiencing Mozart's magic and the true value of his goodness.

Jaume Villanueva