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 | The Story of The Magic Flute |
Ilse-Mari Lee, MSU Professor of Music
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| The Magic Flute is a fairy tale about a prince who meets a princess who is the daughter of an evil queen. Watch for dragons, monsters, flying objects and lots of adventure! The opera is presented Play >>> |
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 | The Magic Flute and Its Place in World History |
Ilse-Mari Lee, MSU Professor of Music
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| Many movements were taking place around the world at the time Mozart wrote The Magic Flute in 1791. While the story is engaging on its own, a deeper understanding of historical events will reveal Play >>> |
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 | An Opera for the People |
Ilse-Mari Lee, MSU Professor of Music
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| Mozart wanted to write an opera for the people, complete with fun, catchy tunes. Listen as Ilse-Mari plays a selection. This opera later influenced the works of Beethoven. Play >>> |
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 | What Is It Like to Attend an Opera? |
Ilse-Mari Lee, MSU Professor of Music
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| The opera isn’t stuffy, it isn’t just for old people, and in Montana, you don’t even have to dress up! The Magic Flute is a perfect “first opera,” explains Ilse-Mari, with its tremendous costumes, colors Play >>> |
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 | A Community Comes Together |
Volunteer Opera Chorus
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| The opera’s volunteer chorus is made up of MSU students, staff and alumni; along with several community members, including a loan officer, a chaplain and a retired harpsichord builder. Play >>> |
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 | The Chorus Prepares for The Magic Flute |
Volunteer Opera Chorus
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| Chorus rehearsals begin long before the opera principals arrive. Though not part of the score of The Magic Flute, Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus will also be sung during the performance. Jon Play >>> |
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 | The Prince and the Birdcatcher |
Volunteer Opera Chorus
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| The opera chorus helps tell the story of a kidnapped princess whose mother is an evil queen, a kidnapper who turns out to be the good guy, and a strange man who makes his living catching birds. Though not Play >>> |
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 | The Queen of the Night Needs a Throne! |
Liz Babbitt and Margaret Cone
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| In a downtown Bozeman office filled with trinkets, tools and art supplies, Intermountain Opera Association Volunteers Liz Babbit (dressed in red) and Margaret Cone (in white) create costumes and props for Play >>> |
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 | MSU Students Step Up for Opera |
Volunteer Opera Chorus
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| The chorus for The Magic Flute consists of about 20 volunteers, many of whom are MSU students and staff; others who are local community members. The MSU students come from all majors – not just Play >>> |
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 | Bozeman High School Senior Designs 2007 Opera Poster |
Chris Yeley
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| The plot for Mozart’s final opera, “The Magic Flute,” is convoluted and even dedicated opera fans have trouble coming up with a concise description. However, Bozeman High School senior Chris Yeley was not More >>> |
