THE SANTA FE OPERA OPENING NIGHTS BROADCASTS ON KHFM ARE ENDOWED BY
THE JAMES R. SEITZ, JR. FUND FOR BROADCASTING AND PRESENTED IN HIS MEMORY.

The Magic Flute

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Premiered September 30, 1791,
Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna, Austria

Co-production with Garsington Opera
English Translation by Jeremy Sams used by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited

8 performances — July 4, 10, 15; August 4, 13, 22, 25 & 28, 2026
Singing and Dialogue in English with opera titles in English and Spanish
Approximately 3 hours; includes a 25-minute intermission

Production support generously provided by
The Avenir Production Fund
The Tobin Endowment
The Robert & Ellen Vladem Perpetual Fund for Opera Production

Additional artistic support provided by
Gene & Jean Stark
National Endowment for the Arts

The engagement of Christopher Luscombe is supported by
Gina Browning & Joe Illick

The engagement of Simon Higlett is supported by
The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation

The performances of Joélle Harvey are supported by
The Marcella Fund

The performances of Jeni Houser are supported by
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation

The performances of Will Liverman are supported by
Marianne S. Kah

Creative Team
Conductor Harry Bicket
Director Christopher Luscombe*
Scenic Design Simon Higlett*
Costume Design Robert Perdziola
Lighting Design Philip Rosenberg*
Wig and Makeup Design David Zimmerman
Illusions Chris Fisher*
Chorus Director Susanne Sheston
Fight & Intimacy Director Andrew Kenneth Moss
Movement Director Rebecca Howell*

Cast
Tamino Josh Lovell*
Pamina Joélle Harvey*
The Queen of the Night Jeni Houser*
Sarastro Alexander Köpeczi*
Papageno Will Liverman+
Monostatos Spencer Hamlin+
Speaker Le Bu+
First Lady Jasmin Ward^
Second Lady Deanna Ray Eberhart^
Third Lady Lauren Randolph^
Papagena Jazmine Saunders^
First Priest Dominic Salvati^*
Second Priest Will Ryan^
First Boy Dani Jingdan Zhang^*
Second Boy Sabrina Langlois^*
Third Boy Natalie Corrigan^*
First Armored Man Matthew Goodheart^
Second Armored Man Sunghoon Han^*

The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra & Chorus

*Santa Fe Opera Debut, ^Current Santa Fe Opera Apprentice, +Former Santa Fe Opera Apprentice, ~American Debut