Nur stille! stille!
Opera details:
Opera title: | Die Zauberflöte |
Composer: | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Language: | German |
Synopsis: | Die Zauberflöte Synopsis |
Libretto: | Die Zauberflöte Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Quintet details:
Type: | quintet |
Role(s): | Monostatos / The Queen of the Night / Three ladies |
Voice(s): | Tenor / Soprano / Soprano / Soprano / Mezzo-Soprano |
Act: | 2.32 |
| Previous scene: | Pa-Pa-Pa-Papageno |
| Next scene: | Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE - "Nur stille! stille! stille! ... Die Strahlen der Sonne"
Singer(s): Walter Berry Nicolai Gedda Gundula Janowitz Lucia Popp Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Gerhard Unger Christa Ludwig Josephine Veasey Franz CrassDIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (THE MAGIC FLUTE)
Opera in 2 acts
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Emmanuel Schikaneder
First performance: Freihaustheater, Vienna, 30 September 1791
THE MAGIC FLUTE premièred a couple of months before Mozart’s death. A mixture of Freemasonry and fairy story, it looks forward to the folksy Romanticism of Weber’s FREISCHÜTZ and the lofty beauty of Wagner.
Tamino, a handsome prince, is rescued from a serpent by three ladies in the service of the Star-Blazing Queen. She asks him to rescue her daughter Pamina, whom the evil sorcerer Sarastro has kidnapped. Tamino and the birdcatcher Papageno set out, but learn that Sarastro is good and the Queen of the Night evil. Tamino and Pamina have passed through various trials and marry; the simple Papageno finds happiness with the bird-woman Papagena; and the Queen and her minions fall into darkness.
"Nur stille! stille! stille! ... Die Strahlen der Sonne"
The Queen of the Night and her minions plot to destroy the temple of Sarastro, but they are flung into eternal darkness. Sarastro announces that the sun has triumphed over the powers of darkness, and all welcome a dawn of universal brotherhood.
Königin der Nacht (soprano): Lucia Popp
Erste Dame (soprano): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Zweite Dame (soprano): Christa Ludwig
Dritte Dame (soprano): Marga Höffgen
Monostatos (tenor): Gerhard Unger
Sarastro (bass): Gottlob Frick
Tamino (tenor): Nicolai Gedda
Pamina (soprano): Gundula Janowitz
Papageno (baritone): Walter Berry
Sprecher (bass-baritone): Franz Crass
Papagena (soprano): Ruth-Margret Pütz
Zwei Geharnischten (tenor, bass): Karl Liebel, Franz Crass
Erster Priester (tenor): Gerhard Unger
Zweiter Priester (bass): Franz Crass
3 Knaben (treble, alto, mezzo-soprano): Agnes Giebel, Ana Reynolds, Josephine Veasey
Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
London 1964
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7 - René Pape
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Gundula Janowitz
1 - Lucia Popp
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5 - Gerhard Unger
5 - Nicolai Gedda
6 - Franz Crass
6 - Walter Berry
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6 - Franz Grundheber
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6 - Franz Crass
6 - Walter Berry
1 - Cristina Deutekom
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1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Iris Vermillion
3 - Anne Collins
5 - Aldo Baldin
1 - Luciana Serra
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2 - Ann Murray
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5 - Robert Tear
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2 - Iris Vermillion
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2 - Agnes Baltsa
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5 - Paul Kuën
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1 - Caroline Stein
1 - Erika Miklósa
1 - Wilma Lipp
1 - Marianne Schech
1 - Rita Streich
2 - Margarete Klose
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3 - Annelies Burmeister
1 - Cristina Deutekom
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5 - Gerhard Stolze
1 - Cyndia Sieden
1 - Adrianne Pieczonka
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5 - Heinz Zednik
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
MOHRNur stille! stille! stille! stille!
Bald dringen wir in Tempel ein.
ALLE WEIBER
Nur stille! stille! stille! stille!
Bald dringen wir in Tempel ein.
MOHR
Doch, Fürstinn, halte Wort! - Erfülle -
Dein Kind muss meine Gattinn seyn.
KÖNIGINN
Ich halte Wort; es ist mein Wille.
ALLE WEIBER
Mein / Ihr Kind soll deine Gattin seyn.
Man hört dumpfen Donner, Geräusch von Wasser.
MOHR
Doch still, ich höre schrecklich rauschen,
Wie Donnerton und Wasserfall.
KÖNIGINN, DAMEN
Ja, fürchterlich ist dieses Rauschen,
Wie fernen Donners Wiederhall.
MOHR
Nun sind sie in des Tempels Hallen:
ALLE
Dort wollen wir sie überfallen, -
Die Frömmler tilgen von der Erd
Mit Feuersgluth und mächt'gem Schwert.
Dir, grosse Königinn der Nacht,
Sey unsrer Rache Opfer gebracht.
Man hört den stärksten Accord, Donner, Blitz, Sturm. Sogleich verwandelt sich das ganze Theater in eine Sonne. Sarastro steht erhöht; Tamino, Pamina, beyde in priesterlicher Kleidung. Neben ihnen die ägyptischen Priester auf beyden Seiten. Die drey Knaben halten Blumen.
MOHR, KÖNIGINN
Zerschmettert, zernichtet ist unsere Macht,
Wir alle gestürzet in ewige Nacht.
sie versinken
English Libretto or Translation:
MONOSTATOSJust keep quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet!
Soon we shall be making our way into the temple.
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT, THE THREE LADIES
Just keep quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet!
Soon we shall be making our way into the temple.
MONOSTATOS
But, Sovereign Lady, keep your word! Fulfil ...
Your daughter must be my wife.
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT
I'll keep my word! It is my will.
My daughter shall be your wife.
THE THREE LADIES
Her child shall be your wife.
MONOSTATOS
Quiet though! I hear a terrible roaring,
like the sound of thunder and a waterfall.
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT, THE THREE LADIES
Yes, this roaring is terrible,
like the echo of distant thunder.
MONOSTATOS
Now they are in the temple halls,
ALL
There let us surprise them,
wipe the bigots from the face of the earth
with burning fire and strong sword.
THE THREE LADIES, MONOSTATOS
To you, great Queen of the Night,
we make our offering of vengeance!
thunder, lightning, tempest
ALL
Our strength is shattered, destroyed,
we are all plunged into eternal night!
They disappear.
Scene change. Temple of the Sun.
Sarastro, Tamino and Pamina in priestly apparel, the priests and the three boys appear.
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