Mozart’s last opera is a firework display that takes the form of a tale of initiation. A prince from a far?off land in search of a vaguely suicidal princess rubs shoulders with a giant serpent, a boastful but cowardly bird catcher, the Queen of the Night and a seemingly tenebrous High Priest imposing strange rites of passage… From this improbable mixture emerges a magical and dramatic work that can be appreciated either as a marvellous tale for children or as the most profound meditation on life and death. After an initial production for the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Robert Carsen renews his relationship with Mozart’s operatic works after a gap of twenty years. His new perspective on the work brings to life a Magic Flute that is both refined and elegant: a sober jewel in which appearances often prove misleading…
Cast and Creative team for Die zauberflöte at Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille
Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto
Emanuel Schikaneder
In German
Conductor
Henrik Nánási
Director
Robert Carsen
Tamino
Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Pavol Breslik
28, 31 jan., 3, 6, 10, 17, 21 fév.
Erste Dame
Gabriela Scherer
Zweite Dame
Annika Schlicht
Dritte Dame
Nadine Weissmann
Papageno
Michael Volle
23, 26, 29 jan., 1, 4, 7, 10, 16, 20, 21 fév.
Florian Sempey
28, 31 jan., 3, 6, 9, 17, 23 fév.
Papagena
Christina Gansch
Sarastro
René Pape
23 jan., 1 > 10 fév.
Tobias Kehrer
26 > 31 jan., 16 > 23 fév.
Monostatos
Andreas Conrad
Pamina
Nadine Sierra
23, 26, 29 jan., 1, 4, 7, 9, 16, 20, 23 fév.
Kate Royal
28, 31 jan., 3, 6, 10, 17, 21 fév.
Elsa Dreisig
Königin der Nacht
Albina Shagimuratova
Sabine Devieilhe
28, 31 jan., 3, 6, 9, 17, 21, 23 fév.
Der Sprecher
José Van Dam
Erster Priester
Sebastian Pilgrim
Zweitter Priester
Paul Kaufmann
Erster Geharnischter Mann
Martin Homrich
Zweitter Geharnischter Mann
Luke Stoker
Drei Knaben
Solistes des Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw
Set design
Michael Levine
Costume design
Petra Reinhardt
Lighting design
Robert Carsen
Peter Van Praet
Video
Martin Eidenberger
Dramaturgy
Ian Burton
Chorus master
José Luis Basso