Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished. Pamina is brought in and Sarastro instructs Pamina and Tamino to bid each other farewell before the greater trials ahead, alarming them by describing it as their “final farewell”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9nyPrJy5ek&feature=emb_logo (Aria: “Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden”) She leaves in despair.The priests celebrate Tamino’s successes so far, and pray that he will succeed and become worthy of their order (Chorus: “O Isis und Osiris”). She gives Pamina a dagger, ordering her to kill Sarastro with it and threatening to disown her if she does not. 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… Hm!”).Pamina is dragged in by Sarastro’s slaves, apparently having tried to escape. By He tells Tamino that Sarastro is benevolent, not evil, and that he should not trust the Queen of the Night. France Language: German Subtitles: Tamino – Piotr Beczala; Pamina -Dorothea Röschmann; Papageno – Detlef Roth; Sarastro – Matti Salminen; Queen of the Night – Dèsirèe Rancatore; Speaker – Wolfgang Schöne (Aria: “Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden”) He is about to kiss the sleeping Pamina, when the Queen of the Night appears. They recite one of the formal creeds of Isis and Osiris, promising enlightenment to those who successfully overcome the fear of death (“Der, welcher wandert diese Strasse voll Beschwerden”). A prince from a far-off land on a quest to find a slightly suicidal princess encounters a giant snake and a swaggering bird catcher, the Queen of the Night and a mysterious High Priest imposing strange rites of passage…. They plot to destroy the temple (“Nur stille, stille”) and the Queen confirms that she has promised her daughter Pamina to Monostatos. Zu Hilfe!” segued into trio: “Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns’re Macht!”).

C’est le point fort de Carsen : la primauté du théâtre, avec ses gestes, ses déplacements et ses surprises, dans un souci de variété qui éveille constamment l’attention. They advise him to play his magic bells to summon Papagena. Synopsis by Nathan Southern. Papageno enters dressed as a bird. Papagena! They observe Pamina, who is contemplating suicide because she believes Tamino has abandoned her.

He drinks and teasingly asks whether she has a boyfriend.