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The Magic Flute

Myth, magic, and Mozart.

February 22, 23, & 26, 2025
March 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9, 2025
McCaw Hall

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Overview

Simply let yourself be astonished.”

– Los Angeles Times

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

Enter the whimsical world of Mozart with this beloved audience favorite in a striking new-to-Seattle production featuring eye-popping hand-drawn animation. In a quest to save the beautiful Pamina, Prince Tamino is joined by the bird catcher Papageno and is given a magic flute with extraordinary powers. The two face a vengeful Queen of the Night and many other trials that test their fidelity, love, and determination. But all ends well when truths are revealed and new love blossoms.

Featuring seamless interaction between onstage performers and animated visuals, this production is a “wonderful show” that is “great for opera lovers, newbies and the whole family” (Los Angeles Times). Inspired by silent movies, Barrie Kosky’s colorful and energetic production comes to Seattle after receiving standing ovations at opera houses around the world.

Also available in a 2024/25 season package.

Dazzling, witty . . . a perceptual joyride.”

– San Francisco Classical Voice

Performance Information

McCaw Hall

In German with English subtitles

Evening performances at 7:30 PM. Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM.

Sunday, March 2: Family Day
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Performance Time: 2 hours and 40 minutes including one intermission

Movie-style rating: PG

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Audio Described Performance: Sunday, March 2
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Cast

Duke Kim

Tamino

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville; Soloist, 60th Anniversary Concert & Gala
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Tamino, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Seoul, Republic of Korea
Seattle Opera Debut: Alfredo, La traviata ('23)
Engagements: Roméo, Roméo et Juliette (LA Opera, Washington National Opera); Tamino, The Magic Flute (The Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera); Alfredo, La traviata (Pittsburgh Opera); Faust, Faust (Irish National Opera, Berkshire Opera Festival); Il Conte D’Almaviva, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Des Moines Metro Opera); Nemorino, L’elisir d’amore (Irish National Opera).

Last Updated: February 2024

Duke Kim

Tamino

Feb. 22 & 26
Mar. 2 & 8

Victor Robertson

Tamino

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Tamino, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Raymond Santana, Central Park Five (Portland Opera); Elijah Mohammad/Street, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (Detroit Opera, Omaha Opera, Boston Modern Opera Projects, Metropolitan Opera); Sportin’ Life, Porgy and Bess (Opera Carolina, North Carolina Opera); Governor, Candide (The Atlanta Opera); Delbert/Stewart, The Shining (The Atlanta Opera)

Last Updated: January 2024

Victor Robertson

Tamino

Seattle Opera Debut
Feb. 23
Mar. 1, 7, & 9

Brandie Sutton

Pamina

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Pamina, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Huntsville, AL
Seattle Opera Debut: Clara, Porgy and Bess (’18)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Musetta, La bohème (’21)
Recently: La Fee, Cendrillon (Metropolitan Opera); Violetta, La Traviata (Virginia Opera); Soprano, Carmina Burana (Opera Philadelphia); Treemonisha, Treemonisha (Opera Theatre of St. Louis); Anne, Sir John in Love (Bard Festival); The 4 Heroines, The Tales of Hoffmann (Palm Beach Opera)

Last Updated: December 2023

Brandie Sutton

Pamina

Feb. 22 & 26
Mar. 2 & 8

Camille Ortiz

Pamina

Soprano
Resident Artist
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Pamina, The Magic Flute
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Woglinde/Freia (cover), Das Rheingold; Morgana (cover), Alcina

Hometown: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Seattle Opera Resident Artist 2023/24
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Marie, The Daughter of the Regiment (Opera Orlando); Galatea, Acis and Galatea (Eugene Opera); Soprano Soloist, Mozart's Exsultate, Jubilate/Haydn's Scena di Berenice (Oregon Bach Festival); Oriana, Amadigi di Gaula (Ars Lyrica Houston); Soprano Soloist, Messiah (Portland Baroque Orchestra); Soprano Soloist, New Year's in Old Vienna (Portland Chamber Orchestra)

Last Updated: December 2023

Camille Ortiz

Pamina

Seattle Opera Debut
Feb. 23
Mar. 1, 7, & 9

Sharleen Joynt

Queen of the Night

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Ottawa, Canada
Seattle Opera Debut: Controller, Flight (’21)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Morgana, Alcina ('23); Amore, Orpheus and Eurydice (’22)
Engagements: Bess, Breaking the Waves (Detroit Opera); Cunegonde, Candide (Ravinia Music Festival, Opéra National de Lyon); Musetta, La bohème (Vancouver Opera); Winnie, Sky on Swings (Opera Philadelphia); Zerbinetta, Ariadne auf Naxos (Oper Leipzig); Gilda, Rigoletto (Opera Colorado)

Last Updated: December 2023

Sharleen Joynt

Queen of the Night

Feb. 22, 23, & 26
Mar. 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9

In Sung Sim

Sarastro

Bass
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Sarastro, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Yeosu, South Korea
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Il Re, Aida (Royal Opera House Covent Garden); Fasolt, Das Rheingold (Royal Opera House Covent Garden); Palémon, Thaïs (Teatro alla Scala di Milano); Lodovico, Otello (Teatro Real de Madrid); Pope Leone, Attila (Teatro Real de Madrid); Timur, Turandot (Israeli National Opera Tel Aviv)

Last Updated: November 2023

In Sung Sim

Sarastro

Seattle Opera Debut
Feb. 22, 23, & 26
Mar. 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9

Rodion Pogossov

Papageno

Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Papageno, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Moscow, Russia
Seattle Opera Debut: Belcore, The Elixir of Love (’22); Raimbaud, Count Ory (’16)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Escamillo, Carmen (’19)
Engagements: Dandini, Cinderella (LA Opera); Don Geronio, Il turco in Italia (Glyndebourne Festival); Jaroslav Prus, The Makropulos Case (Malmö Opera); Figaro, Barbiere di Siviglia (Teatro Regio Turin); Fra Melitone, La forza del destino (Royal Opera House); Papageno, Zauberflöte (Glyndebourne Festival)

Last Updated: December 2023

Rodion Pogossov

Papageno

Feb. 22, 23, & 26
Mar. 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9

Ariana Wehr

First Lady

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: First Lady, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Batesville, IN
Seattle Opera Debut: Eurydice, Orpheus and Eurydice (’22)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Nurse/Girlfriend 1/Congregant 1, Blue ('22)
Engagements: Nurse/Girlfriend 1/Congregant, Blue (Pittsburgh Opera and The Glimmerglass Festival); Abigail Williams, The Crucible (Glimmerglass Festival); Despina, Così fan tutte (Opera in the Heights); Micaëla, Carmen (Opera Louisiane); Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro (Washington National Opera); Gretel, Hansel and Gretel (Washington National Opera and Brava! Opera Theatre)

Last Updated: August 2024

Ariana Wehr

First Lady

Feb. 22, 23, & 26
Mar. 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9

Ibidunni Ojikutu

Second Lady

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Mabel Lewis, Jubilee; Second Lady, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Bellingham, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Strawberry Woman, Porgy and Bess (’11)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Neighbor/Ensemble, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (’24); Soloist, The Human Family: A Recital (’24); Wife #2/Market Woman #2, A Thousand Splendid Suns (’23); Serena, Porgy and Bess (’18)
Engagements: Antron's Mother, The Central Park Five (Portland Opera); Soprano, Soloist Holiday Concert (Bellingham Symphony Orchestra); Recitalist, Wisdom (The Lincoln Theater), Featured Artist, In The Garden of Sonder (Lakewold Gardens); Recitalist, The Earth is a Living Thing (Jansen Art Center)

Last Updated: August 2024

Ibidunni Ojikutu

Second Lady

Feb. 22, 23, & 26
Mar. 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9

Laurel Semerdjian

Third Lady

Mezzo-soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Third Lady, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Tacoma, WA
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Ragonde, Le comte Ory (Opera Southwest; Zulma, L’Italiana in Algeri (St. Petersburg Opera Company); Carmen, Carmen (Tacoma Opera); Mezzo Soloist, Verdi’s Requiem (Symphony Tacoma); Suzuki, Madama Butterfly (Opera Southwest)

Last Updated: April 2024

Laurel Semerdjian

Third Lady

Seattle Opera Debut
Feb. 22, 23, & 26
Mar. 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9

Rodell Rosel

Monostatos

At Seattle Opera in 2017/18: Goro, Madame Butterfly

Hometown: Manila, Philippines
Seattle Opera Debut: Monostatos, The Magic Flute (’17)
Recently: First Jew, Salome, and Spalanzani, The Tales of Hoffmann (Los Angeles Opera); Mime, Das Rheingold (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
Upcoming: Tanzmeister, Ariadne auf Naxos (Kentucky Opera); Njegus, The Merry Widow (Florentine Opera); Pang, Turandot (Lyric Opera of Chicago)

Last updated: July 2017

Rodell Rosel

Monostatos

Feb. 22, 23, & 26
Mar. 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9

Tess Altiveros

Papagena

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Papagena, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Clorinda, The Combat (’17)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Nana/Market #1/Wajma, A Thousand Splendid Suns (’23); Giannetta, The Elixir of Love (’21, ‘22); Female Soldier, The Falling & The Rising (’19); E, O+E (’18)
Engagements: Mimì, La bohème (Intermountain Opera); Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro (Opera Idaho); Soldier, The Falling & The Rising (Des Moines Metro Opera, Arizona Opera, Intermountain Opera, Opera Memphis); Soloist, Mozart C Minor Mass (Seattle Pro Musica)

Last Updated: January 2024

Tess Altiveros

Papagena

Feb. 22, 23, & 26
Mar. 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9

Michael J. Hawk

The Speaker (The Old Priest)

Baritone
Resident Artist
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Silvio, Pagliacci; The Speaker, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Fredonia, NY
Seattle Opera Debut: Fiorello, The Barber of Seville (’24)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Soloist, 60th Anniversary Concert & Gala
Engagements: Per Hansa, Giants in the Earth (South Dakota Symphony); Papageno, The Magic Flute (Buffalo Philharmonic); Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Santa Fe Opera); Ophémon, The Anonymous Lover (LA Opera); The Speaker, The Magic Flute (LA Opera); Schaunard, La bohème (LA Opera)

Last Updated: June 2024

Michael J. Hawk

The Speaker (The Old Priest)

Feb. 22, 23
Mar. 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9

Edwin Jhamal Davis

Second Armoured Man

Bass
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Second Armoured Man, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Utica, MS
Seattle Opera Debut: Ensemble, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (’24)
Engagements: Colline, La Bohème (Opera Memphis, Intermountain Opera Bozeman); Garvey Preacher, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (The Metropolitan Opera); Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte (Merola Opera Program); Bass 2, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (Seattle Opera); King, Aida (Opera Grand Rapids)

Last Updated: April 2024

Edwin Jhamal Davis

Second Armoured Man

Feb. 22, 23, & 26
Mar. 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9

Creative Team & Staging Staff

Christine Brandes

Conductor

Conductor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Conductor, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Canton, OH
Seattle Opera Debut: Cleopatra, Julius Caesar in Egypt (’07)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Conductor, Alcina (’23); Pamina, The Magic Flute (’11); Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro (’09)
Engagements: Conductor, Così fan tutte (Wolf Trap Opera); Die Zauberflöte (Florida Grand Opera); Semele (Atlanta Opera); Giulio Cesare in Egitto (West Edge Opera); Orfeo ed Euridice (West Edge Opera, Victory Hall Opera); Guest Conductor (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Les Violons du Roy; Trinity Baroque Orchestra)

Last Updated: August 2024

Christine Brandes

Conductor

Erik Friedman

Revival Stage Director

Revival Stage Director
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: The Magic Flute

Hometown: Oswego, IL
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Revival Director, The Magic Flute (The Royal Danish Opera, Houston Grand Opera, The Israeli Opera); Assistant Director, Der Zwerg (LA Opera); Roberto Devereux (LA Opera); Rusalka (Lyric Opera of Chicago)

Last updated: March 2024

Erik Friedman

Revival Stage Director

Seattle Opera Debut

Robertson Witmer

Sound Designer

Sound Designer
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Jubilee; The Magic Flute; Tosca

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: The Falling & The Rising (’19)
Previously at Seattle Opera: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (’24); Das Rheingold (’23); A Thousand Splendid Suns (’23); Orpheus and Eurydice (’22); Tosca ('21); Flight ('21); Don Giovanni ('21); Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (’20)
Engagements: Sound Designer, Camelot (Village Theatre); Composer, Murder in the Alps (Laguna Playhouse)

Last updated: June 2024

Robertson Witmer

Sound Designer

Ashlee Naegle

Wigs, Hair, and Makeup Designer

At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Wigs, Hair and Makeup Designer, Pagliacci; Jubilee; Lucidity; Les Troyens in Concert; The Magic Flute; Tosca

Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Seattle Opera Debut: Hair and Makeup Intern, Giulio Cesare (2007)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Supplemental Wigs, Hair and Makeup Designer, Das Rheingold ('23); Alcina ('23); X: The Life & Times of Malcolm X ('24); The Barber of Seville ('24)

Ashlee Naegle made a name for herself early on in her career by mastering the dying art of wig building. She created and designed for several companies around town until the Seattle Opera created an in-house Hair and Makeup Designer position for her in 2017. During her time as the in-house Hair and Makeup Designer, she has built a sizable wig collection, built a department, and set high standards for wigs, hair and makeup. With each production, her designs are custom built for the performers and their characters to create a believable façade for the audience as well as complement the costumes and production as a whole.

Last Updated: July 2024

Ashlee Naegle

Wigs, Hair, and Makeup Designer

Michaella Calzaretta

Chorus Master

Chorus Master

Hometown: Muscatine, IA
Seattle Opera debut: The Elixir of Love (’22)
Michaella Calzaretta made her Seattle Opera debut in 2022 as the company’s new chorus master and head of music staff. Acclaimed for her high standards and superb preparation skills, Calzaretta oversees all musical activities at the company and prepares the chorus for main stage productions. In January, the chorus embarked on their immensely successful first-ever tour to Mt. Vernon and Vashon Island. Recent praise includes “Her chorus was one of the stars... the voices were radiant” (Bachtrack) and “... the singers are both zesty and accurate (they’re also extremely nimble)” (The Seattle Times). Calzaretta is a doctoral candidate in choral conducting at Indiana University.

Last Updated: July 2024

Michaella Calzaretta

Chorus Master

Jonathan Moore

Production Stage Manager

Production Stage Manager
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Les Troyens in Concert, The Magic Flute, Tosca

Hometown: Houston, TX
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: The Little Mermaid, Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake, Mayerling, The Nutcracker (Houston Ballet)

Last Updated: September 2024

Jonathan Moore

Production Stage Manager

Seattle Opera Debut

Quinn Chase

Assistant Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Pagliacci, Jubilee, The Magic Flute, Tosca

Hometown: East Coast
Seattle Opera Debut: Il trovatore ('19)
Previously at Seattle Opera: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X ('24); Das Rheingold ('23); A Thousand Splendid Suns ('23)
Engagements: Sanctuary City (Seattle Repertory Theatre); A Christmas Carol (ACT Contemporary Theatre); Everything is Illuminated (Book-It Repertory Theatre)