The Magic Flute.ppt

The Magic Flute Opera in two acts by Mozart Produced, September 30, 1791, in Vienna CHARACTERS SARASTRO, High Priest of Isis…………………Bass低音 TAMINO, an Egyptian Prince……………………Tenor男高音 PAPAGENO, a bird-catcher………………….Baritone男中音 ASTROFIAMMANTE, Queen of the Night….Soprano女高音 PAMINA, her daughter……………………………….Soprano MONOSTATOS, a Moor, chief slave of the temple…. Baritone PAPAGENA………………………………………….Soprano Three Ladies-in-Waiting to the Queen; Three Youths of the Temple; Priests, Priestesses, Slaves, etc The story of The Magic Flute opens Act I, with Tamino endeavouring to escape from a huge snake. He trips in running and falls unconscious. Hearing his cries for help, three black-garbed Ladies-in-Waiting 侍女,宫女of the Queen of the Night appear and kill the snake with their spears矛. Quite unwillingly they leave the handsome youth, who, on recovering consciousness, see dancing towards him an odd-looking man entirely covered with feathers. It is Papageno, a bird-catcher. He tells the astonished Tamino that this is the realm of the Queen of the Night. Nor, seeing that the snake is dead, does he hesitate to boast that it was he who killed the monster. For this lie he is immediately punished. The three Ladies-in-waiting reappear and place a padlock 挂锁on his mouth. Then they show Tamino the miniature of a maiden, whose magical beauty at once fills his heart with ardent热心的 love. Enter the Queen of the Night. She tells Tamino the portrait is that of her daughter, Pamina, who has been taken from her by a wicked sorcerer男巫, Sarastro. She has chosen Tamino to deliver the maiden and as a reward he will receive her hand in marriage. The queen then disappears and the three Ladies-in-waiting come back. They take the padlock from Papageno’s mouth, give him a set of chimes (钟)and Tamino a golden flute. By the aid of these magical instruments they will be able to escape the perils of their journey, on which they will be accompanied by three youths or genii(用魔法召来的)魔仆. Change of scene.