THE MAGIC FLUTE
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
November 2002
Macao International & Beijing Music Festivals
October 2003
Design note: The production design combined a number of motifs from different Asian cultures with imagery of pyramids and labyrinths.
Orlando creative team: Robert Swedberg, director; Hal France, conductor; Carey Wong, scenic designer; Charles R. Caine, costume designer; Gary Rankin, lighting designer; Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. Macao/Beijing creative team: Robert Swedberg, director; Niels Muus, conductor; Carey Wong, scenic designer; Otello Camponeschi and Fabrizio Onali, costume designers; Michael Reese, lighting designer; Macao Cultural Center and Beijing Poly Theatre. Model photos by Carey Wong; production photos from Macao production courtesy of Macao International Music Festival.
Act 1 opening: “a rocky landscape.”
Act 1: Pamina held captive in Monostatos’ garden.
Act 1: The three gates.
Act 2: Inside the pyramid.
Act 2: The Queen of the Night visits Pamina in the garden.
Act 2: The trials of fire and water.
Act 2: Temple of the Sun.
Pamina (Ying Huang) asleep in Monostatos’ garden surrounded by his minions in Act 1.
Sarastro, surrounded by kneeling priests, prays to the gods within the pyramid’s labyrinth in Act 2.
Pamina and Tamino navigate their way through the labyrinth during the trials of fire and water in Act 2.
