Dramatis Personae
Program (english)
1. Ouverture: Pamina is taken away from the Queen of the Night at night. The Queen asks the Three Witches to fix it.
First Act:
2. Presentation of Papageno
3: Tamino is saved from the snake by the Three Witches
4: Papageno claims falsely to have saved Tamino.
5: Tamino falls in love with an image of Pamina, he must find her.
6: Papageno and Tamino want to find their true love.
7. Finale Act 1: Papageno finds Pamina in Sarastro’s temple.
Second Act:
8: March of the priests
9: Tamino and Papageno discover that Sarastro is good. They have to pass 3 trials to be all together.
10: Tamino and Papageno are given magic musical instruments to help them during the trials.
11: The Queen of the Night is shown to be mean to Pamina.
12: Tamino and Papageno go through the first trial and must stay silent.
13: They can’t talk to Pamina, so she gets mad and confused.
14: Sarastro explains the silent trial to Pamina and they reconcile.
15: Pamina, Tamino, and Papageno go through the two remaining trials of fire and water. Music is the magic tool to keep them safe.
16: Papageno finally meets Papagena.
17. Finale Act 2: All the characters say goodbye.