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 |
Diana Damrau - The Magic Flute - Mozart - Ending scenes
Singer: Diana DamrauI want to post the whole opera, but it's way too long, and I don't think youtube will allow a video of 3 hours. Dunno, but I'll try to upload it. If not, I shall upload by parts.
This is Scene 8: A garden
Papageno despairs at having lost Papagena and decides to hang himself (Aria/Quartet: "Papagena! Papagena! Papagena!") The three child-spirits appear and stop him. They advise him to play his magic bells to summon Papagena. She appears and, united, the happy couple stutter in astonishment. They plan their future and dream of the many children they will have together (Duet: "Pa ... pa ... pa ...").
The traitorous Monostatos appears with the Queen of the Night and her three ladies. They plot to destroy the temple ("Nur stille, stille") and the Queen confirms that she has promised her daughter Pamina to Monostatos. But before the conspirators can enter the temple, they are magically cast out into eternal night.
Scene 9: The Temple of the Sun
Sarastro announces the sun's triumph over the night. Everyone praises the courage of Tamino and Pamina in enduring their trials, gives thanks to Isis and Osiris and hails the dawn of a new era of wisdom and brotherhood.
Watch videos with other singers performing Nur stille! stille!:
1 - Cheryl Studer
1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Iris Vermillion
3 - Anne Collins
5 - Aldo Baldin
1 - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
1 - Karin Ott
2 - Agnes Baltsa
2 - Hanna Schwarz
5 - Heinz Kruse
1 - Luciana Serra
1 - Marie McLaughlin
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Hanna Schwarz
5 - Robert Tear
1 - Kathleen Battle
1 - Luciana Serra
5 - Francisco Araiza
1 - Diana Damrau
1 - Diana Damrau
2 - Karine Deshayes
1 - Natalie Dessay
2 - Delphine Haidan
5 - Steven Cole
1 - Lucia Popp
1 - Suzie LeBlanc
7 - Cornelius Hauptmann
6 - Franz Crass
6 - Walter Berry
7 - Gottlob Frick
5 - Paul Groves
5 - Simon O'Neill
6 - Christian Gerhaher
6 - Franz Grundheber
1 - Wilma Lipp
2 - Elisabeth Höngen
3 - Sieglinde Wagner
5 - Peter Klein
2 - Delphine Haidan
5 - Steven Cole
1 - Anneliese Rothenberger
1 - Edda Moser
1 - Leonore Kirschstein
1 - Olivera Miljaković
2 - Brigitte Fassbaender
2 - Ilse Gramatzki
5 - Peter Schreier
5 - Willi Brokmeier
6 - Theo Adam
6 - Walter Berry
1 - Edita Gruberová
2 - Doris Soffel
3 - Ortrun Wenkel
5 - Heinz Zednik
1 - Beverly Hoch
1 - Dawn Upshaw
1 - Evelyn Tubb
1 - Nancy Argenta
5 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5 - Guy de Mey
6 - Andreas Schmidt
6 - Olaf Bär
1 - Hanne-Lore Kuhse
1 - Sylvia Geszty
3 - Annelies Burmeister
1 - Cristina Deutekom
1 - Yvonne Minton
2 - Hetty Plümacher
5 - Gerhard Stolze
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Gundula Janowitz
1 - Lucia Popp
1 - Ruth-Margret Pütz
2 - Anna Reynolds
2 - Christa Ludwig
2 - Josephine Veasey
5 - Gerhard Unger
5 - Nicolai Gedda
6 - Franz Crass
6 - Walter Berry
1 - Hildegard Hillebrecht
1 - Roberta Peters
2 - Cvetka Ahlin
3 - Sieglinde Wagner
1 - Cyndia Sieden
1 - Adrianne Pieczonka
1 - Sumi Jo
5 - Heinz Zednik
1 - Caroline Stein
1 - Erika Miklósa
1 - Ingeborg Hallstein
5 - Paul Kuën
2 - Isabelle Druet
1 - Judith Hellwig
1 - Wilma Lipp
2 - Christa Ludwig
1 - Jarmila Novotná
5 - Helge Rosvaenge
6 - Horst Günter
7 - Arnold van Mill
1 - Erna Berger
1 - Irma Beilke
1 - Tiana Lemnitz
6 - Gerhard Hüsch
1 - Erika Köth
1 - Marianne Schech
1 - Rita Streich
2 - Margarete Klose
1 - Elisabeth Grümmer
5 - Ernst Kozub
1 - Irmgard Seefried
1 - Wilma Lipp
2 - Elisabeth Höngen
3 - Sieglinde Wagner
5 - Anton Dermota
5 - Ernst Haefliger
5 - Peter Klein
5 - Walther Ludwig
6 - Erich Kunz
6 - Hermann Uhde
6 - Karl Schmitt-Walter
6 - Paul Schöffler
1 - Elly Ameling
5 - Fritz Wunderlich
1 - Eva Prytz
1 - Hjördis Schymberg
2 - Kerstin Meyer
1 - Judith Hellwig
1 - Wilma Lipp
2 - Christa Ludwig
3 - Hilde Rössel-Majdan
1 - Ileana Cotrubas
1 - Rachel Yakar
2 - Trudeliese Schmidt
5 - Karl Terkal
5 - Éric Tappy
6 - Christian Boesch
1 - Erika Köth
1 - Graziella Sciutti
1 - Lisa Otto
2 - Hetty Plümacher
3 - Sieglinde Wagner
5 - Fritz Wunderlich
5 - Kurt Marschner
6 - Alois Pernerstorfer
6 - Walter Berry
1 - Annelies Kupper
1 - Teresa Stich-Randall
1 - Wilma Lipp
2 - Hanna Ludwig
5 - Kurt Marschner
5 - Rudolf Schock
6 - Erich Kunz
6 - Hans Hotter
1 - Ruth Ziesak
1 - Sumi Jo
2 - Iris Vermillion
5 - Martin Petzold
5 - Herbert Lippert
1 - Christel Goltz
1 - Wilma Lipp
3 - Sieglinde Wagner
5 - Peter Klein
1 - Sena Jurinac
1 - Wilma Lipp
5 - Peter Klein
1 - Irmgard Seefried
1 - Wilma Lipp
6 - Karl Schmitt-Walter
1 - Margareta Hallin
3 - Monica Sinclair
Other videos of the same singers performing Nur stille! stille!:
1 - Cheryl Studer
1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Iris Vermillion
3 - Anne Collins
5 - Aldo Baldin
1 - Cheryl Studer
1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Iris Vermillion
3 - Anne Collins
5 - Aldo Baldin
1 - Luciana Serra
1 - Marie McLaughlin
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Hanna Schwarz
5 - Robert Tear
1 - Cheryl Studer
1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Iris Vermillion
3 - Anne Collins
5 - Aldo Baldin
1 - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
1 - Karin Ott
2 - Agnes Baltsa
2 - Hanna Schwarz
5 - Heinz Kruse
1 - Diana Damrau
2 - Karine Deshayes
1 - Diana Damrau
2 - Karine Deshayes
1 - Natalie Dessay
5 - Steven Cole
1 - Diana Damrau
2 - Karine Deshayes
1 - Diana Damrau
2 - Karine Deshayes
1 - Diana Damrau
2 - Karine Deshayes
5 - Paul Kuën
5 - Peter Klein
1 - Wilma Lipp
1 - Caroline Stein
1 - Erika Miklósa
1 - Marianne Schech
1 - Rita Streich
2 - Margarete Klose
1 - Caroline Stein
1 - Erika Miklósa
1 - Hanne-Lore Kuhse
1 - Sylvia Geszty
3 - Annelies Burmeister
1 - Cristina Deutekom
1 - Yvonne Minton
2 - Hetty Plümacher
5 - Gerhard Stolze
1 - Adrianne Pieczonka
1 - Sumi Jo
5 - Heinz Zednik
1 - Cyndia Sieden
5 - Anton Dermota
1 - Judith Hellwig
1 - Wilma Lipp
2 - Christa Ludwig
3 - Hilde Rössel-Majdan
1 - Marianne Schech
1 - Rita Streich
2 - Margarete Klose
1 - Ruth Ziesak
1 - Sumi Jo
2 - Iris Vermillion
5 - Martin Petzold
1 - Cristina Deutekom
1 - Yvonne Minton
2 - Hetty Plümacher
5 - Gerhard Stolze
1 - Cristina Deutekom
1 - Yvonne Minton
2 - Hetty Plümacher
5 - Gerhard Stolze
1 - Hildegard Hillebrecht
1 - Roberta Peters
2 - Cvetka Ahlin
3 - Sieglinde Wagner
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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