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Magic Flute Dialogue and Song Numbers

Northwestern Opera Theater Ensemble, Spring 201

!dapted b" Ste#an $ordon, DM!

O%erture

No& 1 ' (ntroduction

D2

T: Where am I? What is this place? How am I still alive? The snake is dead.


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No& 2 ) !ria, Der *ogel#aenger

D+

T: Hello!

Pap: Who’s there?

T: Tell me who you are, my olly riend.

Pap: Who am I "illy #uestion! I’m a man, like you. "uppose I asked you who you

were?

T: Then I would tell you I’m a student.

Pap: That’s a$ove me. %ou must e&plain yoursel more clearly i you want me to

understand you.

T: I see. I come rom another land, I 'o to school there.

Pap: "chool (and? Tell me o school land? %ou mean to say there are lands andpeoples $eyond these mountains?

T: Thousands and thousands!

Pap: Perhaps I could do a little speculatin' as well.

Tam: What is this land called? Who rules it?

Pap: I can’t answer you that any more than you can.

T: )ut how do you live here?

Pap: I collect coins that hide in these $ricks or the star*+amin' ueen and her

ladies. In return I receive ood and drink every day rom them.

T: "tar +amin' ueen? -ay$e she can help me 'et home. Tell me, 'ood riend, were

you ever ortunate enou'h to see this oddess o the /i'ht?

Pap: "ee her? "ee the star*+amin' ueen? What mortal can $oast o ever havin'

seen her?

T: )ut surely you are stron'er than any mere mortal. Wasn’t it you that saved me

rom this snake?

Pap: "nake?! 0h 'od is it dead?

T: 0 course, how did you mana'e to 1'ht this monster? %ou have no weapons.

Pap: I2 don’t need weapons. 3 'ood s#uee4e o my hands is more powerul than

any weapon!

5(: 6enterin'7 Papa'eno!

Pap: 3h, that’s or me!

T: Who are these ladies?


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Pap: I actually don’t know mysel, only that each day they take my coins and 'ive

me wine, su'ar*$read, and sweet 1's in return.

5(: Papa'eno!

Pap: Heavens, what can I have done today to have made them so an'ry? (ovely

ladies, I have ound many coins or you!

8(: This time, in return, the ueen sends you, instead o wine, pure clear water.

9(: 3nd she ordered me, instead o su'ar*$read, to 'ive you this stone. Here’s 'ood

health to you!

Pap: What, I shall eat stone?

5(: 3nd instead o sweet 1's, I have the honor o lockin' up your mouth.

8(: I ima'ine you would like to know why the #ueen punishes you like this.

9(: "o that in the uture you will never a'ain tell lies to stran'ers!

5(: 3nd that you will never $oast o heroic deeds achieved $y others.

8(: /ow tell us, did you kill this serpent? 6Papa'eno shakes his head7

9(: Who did, then? 6Papa'eno shru's7

5(: It was we who saved you. The 'reat #ueen sends you this portrait o her

dau'hter. I you 1nd that these eatures are pleasin' to you, she says that

happiness, honor, and 'lory will $e your destiny. arewell 6;&it7

9(: 3dieu, -onsieur Papa'eno! 6;&it7

8(:


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No& + ) !ria, Dies ildnis

D-

8(: Prepare yoursel with coura'e and steadastness, or the #ueen=

9(: )ade me tell you=

5(: That the path to your uture happiness now lies open to you

8(: "he heard every word you said. "he has=

9(: >ead every e&pression o your eatures=

5(: "he has decided to ul1ll your desires. 0h, i this youth,@ she said, is as

4ealous and $rave as he is kind hearted, then my dau'hter will certainly $e saved!@

T: Then lead me. I don’t know how, $ut I will save her! I swear it $y all my heart and

soul.

3ll 5: Take heart! "he comes!


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No& - ) .ecit and !ria, O /ittre nicht um eiden

No& 3 ) 4uintet, 5m6 5m6 5m6

No& ) Trio, Du #eines Taeubchen

D7

P: -other! -other! Where am I? 3m I still alive? 20h 'od, I wish I weren’t.

Pap: 6enterin'7 What a horri$le lookin' person! 3h! Here is the $eautiul maiden,

dau'hter o the ueen o the /i'ht.

P: ueen o the /i'ht? Who are you?

Pap: I was sent $y the star +amin' #ueen.

P: -y mother? 0 Aoy! What’s your name?

Pap: Papa'eno.

P: Papa'eno? Papa'eno=I’ve heard your name oten. Then you know my lovin'

mother?

Pap: I you are the dau'hter o the ueen o the /i'ht, yes!

P: %es I am.

Pap: I’ll soon 1nd out. 6He pulls out the portrait7 >ed lips, check, red. i'ht, love. ood memory. Well, you’ll like him too, he’s a handsome lad o

'reat rank. 3pparently he’s a student.@

P: )ut, how do I know this isn’t a trap? Perhaps you were sent here $y the evil

"arastro?

Pap: 0 course not, all I want is to 1nd mysel a Papa'ena.

P: Poor man, you are alone?


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Pap: Bompletely! 3ll I want is a pretty little wie to share my days with.

P: Have patience, riend. The 'ods will take care o you and send you a wie sooner

than you think.

Pap: I wish they would $e #uick a$out it.


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No& 7 ) Duet, ei Maennern

No& 8 ) Finale

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No& 9 ) March o# the :riests

D10

": Bonsecrated servants o the 'reat 'ods 0siris and Isis in the Temple o Wisdom,

with pure heart I declare that today’s assem$ly is one o the most important o our

time. Tamino waits at the northern portal o our temple, lon'in' with a virtuous soul

or the enli'htenment towards which all o us have $een strivin' with ener'y and

4eal. To watch over this hi'h*minded youth, and to e&tend to him the hand o

riendship, will $e one o our oremost duties this day.

8P: He is virtuous?

": Cirtuous.9P: Ban he keep silence?

": He can.

5P: Is he $enevolent?

": )enevolent. I you consider him worthy, ollow my e&ample. 6They si'nal their

approval7 -oved $y the unanimity o your hearts, "arastro thanks you. He loves

Pamina, the 'entle, virtuous maiden, and the 'ods o decreed they shall $e

to'ether, i he $ecomes worth o herD to save her rom corruption, I have torn her

rom the side o her proud mother. This woman considers hersel 'reat, and hopes

throu'h delusion and superstition to $e'uile the populace and to destroy the 1rmoundations o our temples. However she shall not succeed. Tamino himsel shall

$ecome one o us, and aid us to stren'then the power o virtue and wisdom, and

with that power, he shall save us all and secure or himsel a way to return home,

should he so choose.

"p: reat "arastro, we admire your wise discourse. However, will Tamino $e a$le to

contend a'ainst the ordeals that await him? He is ust a $oy.

": -ore than that, he is is a man.

"p: What i these trials, in his early youth, lead him to his death?

": Then he would e&perience the celestial oys o 0siris and Isis sooner than we. (et Tamino and his companions $e led into the court o the temple.


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No& 10 ) !ria and ;horus, O (sis und Osiris

D11

T: What a horri$le ni'ht! Papa'eno, are you still with me?

Pap: I certainly am!

T: Where do you think we are now?

Pap: Where are we? I it wasn’t so dark I mi'ht $e a$le to tell you. I eel so uneasy.

T: %ou are araid, I can see.

Pap: /ot araid really, I ust have ice cold shivers up and down my spine. 0h

heavens!

T: What is it?

Pap: I think I’m 'ettin' a sli'ht ever.

T: Papa'eno, $e stron'!

8P: 6enterin'7 "tran'ers, what do you seek? What prompts you to intrude upon our

sanctuary?

T: riendship and love.

8P: 3re you prepared to 1'ht or these virtues at the risk o your very lie?

T: I am.

8P: ;ven i death was your reward?

T: %es.

8P: Tamino, there is still time to turn $ack, $ut i you take another step it will $e too

late.

T: Wisdom will 'ain my victory, and Pamina’s love will $e my reward.

8P: 3re you willin' to under'o every one o the trials?

T: ;very one.

8P: ive me your hand.

9P: Will you, too, 1'ht or the love o wisdom?

Pap: i'htin' is not really my style. To $e truthul, I don’t really want wisdom either.

I’m ust a child o nature, let me drink, eat, sleep, and may$e catch mysel a pretty

little wie.

9P: %ou will never do so unless you under'o our trials.

Pap: What kind o trials?


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9P: %ou must su$ect yoursel to all our laws and have no ear, even o death.

Pap: I think I’ll stay sin'le.

9P: )ut the 'ods have already chosen a $ride or you.

Pap: They have? Is she youn'?

9P: %oun' and $eautiul!

Pap: What’s her name?

9P: Papa'ena.

Pap: Pa*pa*?

9P: Papa'ena!

Pap: Papa'ena! I would really like to see her, ust out o curiosity.

9P: "ee her you may=

Pap: )ut ater I have seen her, will I have to die? 69P "hru's his shoulders7 %es? I

think I’ll stay sin'le.

9P: %ou may see her, $ut as yet you must not speak a sin'le word to her.


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No& 11 ) Duet, ewahret euch

D12

Pap: Hey! (i'hts! (i'hts! It’s really stran'e: each time these 'entlemen leave us you

can’t see your hand in ront o your ace!

T: )ear it with patience, it is the will o the 'ods.


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No& 12 ) 4uintet,


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No& 1+ ) !ria, !lles #uehlt der iebe Freuden 6word chan'es: vs. 8 "chwar4er

into 3rschloch@ FaGGhole. Cs. 9 same place, Weisse@ into "chat4e@ F sweetie or

treasure. Aust ater that, Weiss@ chan'es into "ie@7

D1-

: 3way with you!

P: 0 'ods!

-: What’s this? The ueen o the /i'ht!

P: -other! -other! -y mother!

-: -other? Hm! I’ll have to watch this rom a distance.

: %ou may thank the power $y which you were torn rom me, that I still call mysel

your mother.


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No& 13 ) !ria, (n diesen heilgen 5allen

D1

8P: 3nyone who $reaks his silence in this place will $e punished $y the 'ods.

>emain here or now. arewell 6e&its7.

Pap: Tamino?

T: "h!

Pap: 0h this is a olly 'ood lie! 3t least i I were $ack in the woods I could sit $ack

and listen to a $ird sin' once in awhile.

T: "h!

Pap: )ut "urely we can talk to ourselves! I haven’t had a sin'le drop o water since

we arrived 6P'na appears with water7. Is that or me?

P'na: %es my an'el.

Pap: ot anythin' stron'er? 6P'na cackles and shakes her head7. 0h well, $ottoms

up! Bome sit down here with me. I’m so ri'htully $ored here. How old are you?

P'na: How old?

Pap: %es.

P'na: Why, 8 years and two minutes.

Pap: 8 years and two minutes?

P'na: 8 years and two minutes.

Pap: Ha! Well you youn' an'el, do you have a sweetheart?

P'na: /aturally.

Pap: 3nd is he as youn' as you are?

P'na: /ot #uite, he is ten years older.

Pap: Ten years older than you are? That must $e #uite the passionate aair. What is

his name?

P'na: Papa'eno.

Pap: Papa'eno? Where is he then, this Papa'eno?P'na: He is sittin' ri'ht here my an'el.

Pap: -e???

P'na: %es my an'el.

Pap: Wait, what is your name?


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P'na: -y name is=6e&it7

Pap: 0h! 0h! rom now on I won’t say another word!


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No& 1 ) Trio, Seid uns /um /weitenmal will>ommen

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Pap: Tamino, shall we have somethin' to eat? 6Tamino plays on his +ute, Papa'eno

eats7 %ou ust keep on playin' your +ute, and I will play a 'ame. -r. "arastro

certainly has a 'ood cook. This way I won’t mind keepin' #uiet, i I’m always treatedto such wonderul ood. /ow lets see i his cellar is as 'ood as his kitchen 6drinks7.

Ha, this is wine 1t or the 'ods! 6"tops playin' the +ute7

P: 6;nterin' oyully7 Here you are, 'ood 'ods I thank you! I heard the sound o your

+ute and I olloed the otne swit as an arrow. What’s wron'? Why won’t you speak to

your Pamina? 6Tamino si'hs and motions her away7.


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No 17 ) !ria, !ch, ich #uehl?s

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Pap: Isn’t it true Tamino, I can $e silent i I have to $e? 6


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No& 18 ) ;horus, O (sis und Osiris6

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": Tamino, thus ar your actions have $een patient and enli'htened. /ow you have

your two 1nal trials to undertake. I your heart still $eats warmly or Pamina and i

you wish to return home, then may the 'ods lead you urther. %our hand. HavePamina $rou'ht here.

P: Where am I? Where is Tamino?

": He awaits you, to $id you a last arewell.

P: 3 last arewell?

": Here.

P: Tamino!

T: Please, no, I can’t $ear it!


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