Musical Notes Saturday August 8

Musical Notes

Die Zauberflöte – Act II


#12: 3 Ladies - Recall the phrasing and word emphasis we have worked on in the past. “Tamino dir ist TOD geschworen!”

-better on “Man zischelt viel…” again, remember to breathe early.

Tutti: - keep short notes SHORT on: “er denket was er sprechen kann”

#13: Monostatos: -if you get ahead or behind the beat you MUST get yourself back on. There is no possibility for the orchestra to adjust to you here. It is not about watching me, just listen to the pulse of the orchestra.

#16: 3 Knaben: SO much better after we rehearsed. Please REMEMBER all the things we have talked about and rehearsed. You sing very beautifully when you express the words!

#18: Chorus: -I believe you are supposed to enter at the end of #17 so that you are already in place to begin this chorus.
-Review dynamics! “Bald fühlt der edle Jüngling…” is still FORTE.
-Be musical! “würdig sein, würdig sein, würdig sein”: each one gets softer. No crescendo on last ‘sein’ – just beautiful sound and p-pp

#20: Papageno: -1st verse: “mit Fursten mich messen” – remember the Drink cue on this fermata.
-2nd verse (drunken stooper) is a little bit slower than the other two verses.

#21:
Andante
3 Knaben: -Again, beautiful when you express the words and remember the phrasing we have worked on. “Bald prangt” still legato “bald soll” also legato.
-needs MUCH more energy ! remember you are young spirits/angels/boys!!!
-MUCH MUCH MUCH more energy at “Wahnsinn tobt ihr im Gehirne…”: Remember what your words mean and what you are doing. This should not be so pretty!

Suicide Aria:
Papageno: Andante: “weil mich nichts zurücke hält” – long note on “hält”

3 Knaben: -Be ready for “Halt ein…”

Papagena/Papageno Duet: This was a MESS! We’ll run it Monday morning in the break. Cannot do that with the orchestra. Papagena, please look over this music before Monday.

Piu Moderato: Monostatos/3 Ladies: -Do not drag “dir, grosse Königin der Nacht”

Andante: Chorus -Although it is FORTE, please still sing with a beautiful and unified sound. Review your scores and remember the dynamics (p and f). “Dank sei dir, Osiris” should be beautiful and have good phrase direction.

Transition to Allegro: “dir Isis, gebracht!” - slow down just a little.

-“die Schönheit un Weisheit mit ewiger Kron”- this is all piano