die zauberflöte

Description
"Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" ("Hell's vengeance boils in my heart"), commonly abbreviated "Der Hölle Rache", is an aria sung by the Queen of the Night, a coloratura soprano part, in the second act of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). But who are some of the sopranos who successfully tackled this feat of brilliance? Take a minute to get the scoop!

Four Soprano Greats with their Queen Of The Night (℅ YouTube)

Cristina Deutekom

Diana Damrau

Lucia Popp

Edda Moser

…Wow! I never get tired of listening to this aria…worth checking out. 🤓🎵🌎
 
Fun Fact
the Queen of the Night Aria is written in D minor, and is scored for pairs of flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, and trumpets, along with timpani and the string section. This is a larger orchestra than for "O zittre nicht" and comprises all the players from the opera as a whole, except the clarinets and trombones. The aria is renowned as a demanding piece to perform well. The vocal range covers two octaves, from F4 to F6 and requires a very high tessitura, A4 to C6.

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Steven is a Canadian composer living in Toronto. He creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his website for more. Member of the Canadian League Of Composers.

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A Note To Music Students et al.
All recordings and sheet music are available on my site. I encourage you to take a look and play through some. Give me a shout if you have any questions.

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Description
The ‘Queen of the Night’ aria, "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" ("Hell's vengeance boils in my heart"), is a coloratura soprano part, in the second act of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). Take a minute to get the scoop!

Fun Fact
The story is a mixture of fun and high ideals, of Masonic philosophy and high jinx, of brotherhood and love affairs, of melodrama and serious thought.  Within this context Mozart sent his final message of personal conviction and standards of living, which had been confirmed by his membership in the Freemasons, on January 7, 1785, admitted into the Zur Wohltätigkeit Lodge in Vienna. There, he was in familiar company. Other contemporary members of this Lodge were Joseph Haydn, his patron Prince Lichnowsky, his father Leopold, Michael Puchberg and Gottfried van Swieten, two of his most important patrons, Anton Stadler (clarinetist) and Angelo Solimon, a good friend.

About Steven, Host
Steven is a Canadian composer living in Toronto. He creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his website for more. Member of the Canadian League Of Composers.

A Note To Music Students et al.
All recordings and sheet music are available on my site. I encourage you to take a look and play through some. Give me a shout if you have any questions.

Got a topic? Pop me off an email at: TCMMPodcast@Gmail.com 

Description
Need a quick refresher on the plot of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte aka The Magic Flute? Take a minute to get the scoop!

Fun Fact
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and librettist Emanuel Schikaneder decided to write The Magic Flute aka Die Zauberflöte in the style of Singspiel—a German-language comic opera with singing and dialogue—though it should be noted that Mozart never actually referred to it as a Singspiel.

The opera premiered on 30 September 1791, just two months before Mozart’s death, with the composer himself conducting and Schikaneder as the bird-catcher Papageno. It was an immediate hit with audiences. It took Vienna by storm, and its popularity soon spread throughout all of Europe.

About Steven
Steven is a Canadian composer living in Toronto. He creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his website for more.

A Note To Music Students et al.
All recordings and sheet music are available on my site. I encourage you to take a look and play through some. Give me a shout if you have any questions.

Got a topic? Pop me off an email at: TCMMPodcast@Gmail.com 

Gesprächspartner von Walter Ziehlinger ist Philipp Olbeter. „Libretto“ am 3. März 2013 auf Radio FRO. Seit 1995 ist Philipp Olbeter, geboren 1954 in Hannover, der Technischer Leiter am Linzer Landestheater. Nach einer Lehre in einem Tischlereibetrieb ging er auf Wanderschaft in den deutschsprachigen Raum. Bühnen haben ihn schon immer interessiert. So war er u.a. in der Staatsoper Stuttgart, im Stadttheater Würzburg, im Stadttheater Trier, im Stadttheater Aachen und bei den Festspielen in Bayreuth. Seit Beginn seiner Linzer Tätigkeit hat er sich mit dem geplanten Neubau eines Opernhauses beschäftigt. Viele Ideen von Philipp Olbeter konnten  im neuen Musiktheater umgesetzt werden. In unserer Sendung erfahren die Hörerinnen und Hörer, u.a. wozu man eine Drehbühne braucht und was ein Schnürboden ist. Philipp Olbeter ist Vorstandsmitglied der Österreichischen Theatertechnischen Gesellschaft sowie im ITI Centrum Wien, dem Internationalen Theaterinstitut der UNESCO. 1998 wurde in Linz eine Initiative ins Leben gerufen, die den Wiederaufbau des Bosnischen Nationaltheaters in Zenica zum Ziel hat. Die Bühnentechnik wird dort vor Ort in Stand gesetzt. Unterstützt wird diese Hilfsaktion von Firmen aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum. Das nächste Projekt ist das Theater der Stadt Shkodra in Albanien. www.landestheater-linz.at; ww.musiktheater-linz.at