Trying to escape from a monster, Prince Tamino enters the territory of the Queen of the Night. During his fight with the monster, he falls unconscious. Three Ladies of the queen's court kill the monster with their magic and finally save the prince. Upon awakening, the prince sees the dead monster and, next to him, finds Papageno, a bird hunter in the service of the queen, who claims to be Taminos’ savior. Papageno takes credit for defeating the monster. Enraged with Papageno for his lie, the Queen of the Night orders her Three Ladies to punish him by placing a gold padlock on his mouth. After meeting Prince Tamino, the Queen of the Night asks him to rescue her beautiful daughter Pamina, who is kept captive by the evil King Sarastro. The noble Tamino accepts the challenge. He undertakes the crusade with Papageno, who agrees to go with him on the mission in order to be forgiven and released from his punishment. The Queen of the Night gives Tamino an invaluable magical object, a magic flute that has the power to change the state of every living beings.
Pamina finds herself captive in the palace of King Sarastro, and is stalked by Monostatos, a servant of the king and vile suitor of her love. Sarastro discovers how bad Monostatos treats Pamina and decides to exile him.Tamino falls in love with the Princess and asks Sarastro for Pamina’s hand. The King and his priests discuss whether to accept or not the initiation of Tamino and Papageno. Everyone accepts the proposal, but they require both to achieve virtue by passing three tests. Three wise kids impose them the test of silence, and lead Tamino to a forest where there are temples dedicated to Wisdom, Reason and Nature. Once there, a Priest explains Tamino that Sarastro is a noble and wise person. The solemn and moving atmosphere awakens in Tamino the desire for knowledge. Upon passing the imposed tests, Tamino understands that Sarastro has retained Pamina to protect her from her heartless mother and thus obtains the grace of the monarch. Papageno, for the help provided, gets an almost divine luck: he finds Papagena with whom he can share his life.
Besides that, Sarastro defeats the Queen of the Night, since good always triumphs over evil and light makes darkness disappear.
Opera in two acts
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Premiered on September 30, 1791 at the Theater Auf Der Wien, Viena
Spanish version by Guillermo Ángel Opitz and Raúl Neumann, revised by Ulrich Leisinger (Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg)
Production of the Teatro del Bicentenario de San Juan
World premiere
Symphony Orchestra of the Philosophy, Humanities and Arts Faculty of the National University of San Juan and University Chorus
Artistic team
Set conception, general direction, costumes and set design, media and stage direction | Eugenio Zanetti
Conductor | Emmanuel Siffert
Chorus master | Jorge Romero
Choreography director | Silvana Moreno
Stagecraft director | Sergio Manganelli
Technical director | Cristian Guajardo
Scenic paint manager | Gunnar Ahmer
Art director | Mauro Puppo
Lighting designer | Eli Sirlin
Children's chorus master | Jorge Fuentes
Répétiteur | Eduviges Piccone
Cast
Tamino | Duilio Smiriglia
Pamina | Marina Silva
Papageno | Fernando Lázari
Queen of the Night | Laura Pisani
Sarastro | Cristian de Marco
Monostatos | Osvaldo Peroni
Papagena | Sabrina Pedreira
Three Ladies | Ivana Ledesma
Romina Pedrozo | Claudia Lepe
Speaker / Priest | Roman Modzelewski
Three spirits
- Micaela Sánchez Polverini
- Ma. Sol Sánchez Polverini
- Abril Roitman
Priest / Man in armour | Octavio Sosa
Man in armour | Luis Pulenta
Credits
Audiovisual content
- Bruno Arante
- Federico Schiaroli
- Juan Manuel Noguera
Props
- Set props manager | Lorena López
- Hands props manager | M. Ángeles Carbajo
Prop makers
- Rolando Ruiz
- Candela Obredor
- Noe Sirena
- Natacha Saez
- Cristian Márquez
- Cecilia Berón
- Betina Laspiur
- Flavia Castro
Surtitles edition | Francisco Castillo
Stage carpenters | Miguel Sisterna, Diego Miriani
Stage blacksmith | Gerardo Ontiveros, Alejandro Rosales
Tailoring
- Molding, Cutting and Coordination | Mirta Varas
- Sewing | Estela Quiroga, Gladys Narváez, Graciela Sanchez, Mónica Varas, Zulema Guevara
- Pictorial intervention | Claudina Gomensoro, Alejandro Damián, Carla Garbi Job
Headdress | Alejandro Damián, Cecilia Berón, Betiana Laspiur, Ma. Ángeles Carbajo
Stage Manager | Monika Skowron
Assistant to the Stage Manager | Francisco Castillo, Paula Torres
Direction assistant | Juan Varela
Master electrician | Marcelo Guirado
Light board operator and assistant | Martin Fernández Paponi, Gabriela Di Luciano
Stagecraft coordinator | Hugo Chacón
Lighting technicians
- Diego Balmaceda
- Guillermo González
- Rodolfo Mierd
- Roberto González
- Seguidores
- Rodolfo Mierd
- Roberto González
- Benjamín Escalante
- Esteban Guardia
Video operators | Federico Schiaroli, Juan Manuel Noguera
Video and audio assistant | Rolando Ruíz
Audio operator | Marco Monje
Sound mix | Fernando Campero
Stage equipment manager | Diego Miriani
Stage equipment
- Miguel Sisterna
- Gerardo Ontiveros
- Darío Frías
- Jorge Guevara
- Cristian Márquez
- Raúl Vera
- Marcos Mercado
- Franco Cabello
Props | M. Ángeles Carbajo, Cecilia Berón
Scenic paint manager | Gunnar Ahmer
Assistants | Jorge Moreno, Federico Peralta
Scenic painters
- Magdalena Bianchetti
- Patricio Le-Beuffe
- Renzo Martín
- Franco Méndez
- Gabriela Rosales
- Pamela Sirvente Tejada
- María Candelaria Tascheret
- Gabriel Tejada Perosa
- Noelia Trenkner
Aerial operations | Eduardo Rodríguez & Staff
Surtitles | Milagros García
Communication | Andrea Herrera
Graphic designer | Charly Fernández
Social media | Julián Vargas, Juan Vita
Photographer | Adrián Carrizo
Quality | Javier Olguín
Marketing CMO | Natalia Allayme
Files | Alejandrina Ventura
Artistic production director | Silvana Moreno
Artistic production coordinator | Marta Sisterna
Educational programs coordinator | Mariana Romero
Artistic production | Paula Torres, José Meni
Planning and programming | Andrea Moyano
Logistics | Fernando Espejo
Logistics assistant | Carina Pozo
Theatrical makeup | Alejandro & Staff
Costumes
- Gabriela Abelin
- Carla Garbi Job
- Mirta Varas
- Estela Quiroga
- Gladys Narvaez
- Graciela Sánchez
- Mónica Varas
- Tatiana Vázquez
Répétiteurs | Eduviges Piccone, Lionel Fisher
General direction | Eduardo Savastano
Direction assistant | Belén Zamora
Auditorium coordinator | Gemma Soria
Maintenance director | Gregorio Hierrezuelo
Maintenance
- Andrés Aguilar
- Miguel Eduardo Bernal
- Javier Fernández
- Sergio Ferrada
- Leonardo Chavez
- Javier López
- Enrique Goyochea
- Esteban Rivero
- Nicolás Ortiz
HR manager | Lorena Ruffa
Recepcionists
- Agustina Marún
- Carina Pozo López
- Geovana Rivera
Administration manager | Gerardo Ruggieri
Administrative assistant | Mariana Gomez
Tickets | Yanina Nollén, Nadia Lima
Chief of main hall and guided tours | Leonardo Abarca, Martina Bustelo
Theatre hosts and guided tours assistants | Emiliano Rizzeto, Gonzalo Díaz Pellice
Theatre hosts and guides
- Yanina Bragagnolo
- Gisel de los Santos
- Juan Pablo Sarmiento
- Agustín Gómez
- Julieta Gallastegui
- Gabriel Roldán
- Sol Gómez
- Martín Navarro
- Laura González
- María José Valdez
- Agustín Agüero
- Gabriela Rosales
- Agostina Guevara
- Ma. de los Ángeles Vázquez
- Débora Escardilla
- Alda Castro
- Verónica Pedrol
- Natanael Hierrezuelo
- Ariel Pizarro
- José Colpas
- Néstor Guitiérrez
President | Mario Zaguirre
Administrative director | Luis Reynoso
Statutory auditor | Daniel Serrani
Legal advisor | Eleonora Vargas
Administrative coordinator - Ministry of Tourism and Culture | Juan Manuel Montilla
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