3. Mozart Junior Festival in Warsaw
Theatre of Warsaw Chamber Opera
Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
The Magic Flute piccolo
Morning educational concerts for children and youth
Scenario: Jerzy Snakowski
Staging and director: Jolanta Denejko
Music director: Kuba Wnuk
Set designer: Rafał Olbiński
Costume designer: Marcin Łobacz
Concept and dialogues: Jerzy Snakowski
CAST:
Sarastro – Dariusz Górski
Queen of the Night – Joanna Radziszewska-Sojka
Tamino – Łukasz Ratajczak
Pamina – Karolina Róża Kowalczyk
Papageno – Dawid Biwo
Papagena – Aleksandra Żakiewicz
Dancers:
Bird-of-paradise I – Anna Szpaczyńska
Bird-of-paradise II – Agnieszka Borkowska
Magical Animal I – Dominika Gryz
Magical Animal II – Krzysztof Łuczak
Instrumental ensemble:
Sławomir Talacha – violin
Marta Ziarko – cello
Łukasz Jankowski – flute
Kuba Wnuk – piano
Conductor
Kuba Wnuk
A brilliant, shortened version of The Magic Flute. The same characters, the same greatest hits of Mozart’s score, the same idea, but in a slightly refreshed approach. Without masonic or racist themes, but with realities that will help children identify with the characters. A story, that shows that it’s not magic tools but friendship and friends that lead us to success.
Contemporary dialogues mean that The Magic Flute piccolo should entertain not only children but also their parents. The story is magical: the Queen of the Night entrusts Tamino a mission – to free the princess kidnapped by the evil Sarastro. He is to be supported by the magic instruments and Papageno, a boy who is looking for a girl. However, it soon turns out that nothing is what it seemed at the beginning. And even in the meantime.
We hope that this version will encourage the youngest to watch the original version of W. A. Mozart’s opera in the future.