Revival
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Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
World premiere: September 30, 1791, at the Theater auf der Wieden (Vienna, Austria)
A production of the Komische Oper Berlin.
LA Opera has previously produced The Magic Flute in 1993, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2013 and 2016. (The Barrie Kosky production of The Magic Flute was presented in 2013 and 2016.)
Cast:
Tamino (Nov 16–Dec 1): Bogdon Volkov*
Tamino (Dec 12–15): Joshua Wheeker‡
Pamina: Zuzana Marková*
Queen of the Night: So Young Park‡
Sarastro: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
Papageno: Theo Hoffman‡
First Lady: Erica Petrocelli†
Second Lady: Vivien Shotwell*
Third Lady: Taylor Raven†
Monostatos: Frederick Ballentine‡
Papagena: Sarah Vautour†
The Speaker: Michael J. Hawk†
First Armored Man: Robert Stahley†
Second Armored Man: Steve Pence
Creative team:
Conductor (Nov 16–23): James Conlon
Conductor (Dec 1–15): Grant Gershon
Production: Suzanne Andrade / Barrie Kosky
Animation Designer: Paul Barritt
Set and Costume Designer: Esther Bialas
Chorus Director: Grant Gershon
Associate Director: Tobias Ribitzki
Concept: 1927 (Suzanne Andrade and Paul Barritt) and Barrie Kosky
* LA Opera debut
† Member of LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
‡ Alumnus of LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
Performance dates and times:
Saturday, November 16, 2019, at 7:30pm
Thursday, November 21, 2019, at 7:30pm
Saturday, November 23, 2019, at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 1, 2019, at 2pm
Thursday, December 12, 2019, at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 15, 2019, at 2pm
Performed in German with English supertitles
Estimated running time: two hours, 40 minutes, including one intermission
Venue: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012)
All programs, artists and dates are subject to change.
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Last updated: October 1, 2019
