Sprecher: “ … Er ist Prinz“ Sarastro: „Noch mehr – Er ist Mensch!“ (Die Zauberflöte, Zweiter Aufzug, Erster Auftritt)
In May 2024, one of the greatest operas ever written, The Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart, was performed as part of the 2024 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival and staged with imaginatively designed puppets.
Enjoy some impressions
Performing Artists
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Nikolaus Habjan, director
Julian Prégardien, tenor (Tamino)
Ludwig Mittelhammer, baritone (Papageno)
Christina Landshamer, soprano (Pamina)
Kathryn Lewek, soprano (Queen of the Night)
Tareq Nazmi, bass (Sarastro)
Alexandria Shiner, soprano (First Lady)
Jennifer Feinstein, mezzo-soprano (Second Lady)
Daryl Freedman, mezzo-soprano (Third Lady)
Rodell Rosel, tenor (Monostatos)
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Speaker of the Temple)
Owen McCausland, tenor (First Armored Man and Second Priest)
Kidon Choi, baritone (Second Armored Man and First Priest)
Ashley Emerson, soprano (Papagena)
Stephanie Speck, treble (First Spirit)
Maren Scott, treble (Second Spirit)
Jade Gladue, treble (Third Spirit)
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Heike Vollmer, set designer
Denise Heschl, costume designer
Paul Grilj, lighting designer
Manuela Linshalm, puppeteer
Bruno Belil Espinos, puppeteer
Angelo Konzett, puppeteer