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Tam: Where am I? Am I still alive? Did some higher power save me? The vicious snake is dead?
Tam (during prelude to Pap aria): What was that? What a strange place! Who’s coming?

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Tam: Hey there!
Pap: Who’s there?
Tam: Tell me who you are, my friend!
Pap: Silly question! Suppose I ask you who YOU are?!
Tam: Then I would tell you that I am a prince, and my father is a king who rules over many lands
and peoples.
Pap: Tell me, “Prince” – are there many lands and peoples beyond those mountains?
Tam: Thousands and thousands. Tell me – what is this land called, and who rules it?
Pap: I can’t tell you that any more than I can tell you who I am or how I happen to be here. I
can tell you that I live in a straw hut not far from here.
Tam: How do you live?
Pap: By eating and drinking, just like everybody else! I catch all kinds of birds for the Queen of
the Night and her Three Ladies and in return they give me food and drink every day.
Tam: Were you ever fortunate enough to see the Queen?
Pap: See her?!! No one has ever seen her!! ….. Why are you staring at me like that?
Tam: Well, I was wondering if you are a human being or not!
Pap: What?!
Tam: Well, with all those feathers all over you, you like..……
Pap: Like what?! Stay away from me and don’t trust me! I warn you! I have the strength of a
giant! (To himself): If he doesn’t start to be afraid of me soon, I’ll have to run for it!
Tam: Strength of a giant? Then maybe you’re the one who saved me from that poisonous
snake!
Pap: Snake?!! (Trembling, steps back): Is it dead or alive?
Tam: How in the world di you fight this monster? You have n weapons?!
Pap: I don’t need any weapons! A good squeeze of my hand is better than weapons!
Tam: So you choked it?
Pap: Choked it! (To himself): Never in my life was I as strong as I am today!
Three Ladies (veiled): Papageno!
Tam: Who are these ladies?
Pap: I’m not really sure, all I know is that every day they take my birds and give me wine, sugar-
bread and sweet figs.
Tam: Are the beautiful?
Pap: I don’t think so. If they were, they wouldn’t have to hide their faces!
Three Ladies: PAPAGENO!!
Pap: (To Tamino): Now they’re after me! (To the Ladies): You asked if they are beautiful and I
can tell you that I have never in my life seen anyone more charming!
Three Ladies: PA-PA-GE-NO!!!
Pap: What did I do to make them so angry? Here, lovely ladies, I’ve brought you my birds!
1st Lady: This time, instead of wine, the Queen send you….. pure… clear…. Water!!!
2nd Lady: And she ordered me, instead of sugar-bread to give you…. this Stone!
Pap: What?!! I’m supposed to eat stones?!
3rd Lady: And instead of sweet figs, I have the honor of locking up your mouth with this padlock!
(Papageno shows his pain)
1st Lady: I’m sure you’d like to know why the Queen is punishing you like this! (He nods)
2nd Lady: So that in the future you will never again tell lies to strangers!
3rd And that you will not boast of heroic deeds achieved by others!
1st Lady: Tell us! Did you kill this serpent? (He shrugs his shoulders)
2nd Lady: Who did then?
3rd Lady: Prince, it was we who saved you. The great Queen sends you this portrait of her
daughter. If you find that her features are not unpleasing to you, then she says that happiness,
honor, and glory will be your destiny. Farewell!
2nd Lady: Adieu, Monsieur Papageno!
1st Lady: Don’t drink too fast! (They exit laughing. Papageno exits. Tamino keeps staring at the
picture.)
ARIA - Tamino

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1st Lady: Prepare yourself with courage and steadfastness, for the Queen –
2nd Lady: wants me to tell you –
3rd Lady: that the path to your future happiness now lies open to you.
1st Lady: She has heard every word you said. She has –
2nd Lady: read every expression on your face and –
3rd Lady: decided to make you completely happy. She said that if this young man is as zealous
and brave as he is kindhearted, then my daughter will certainly be saved!
Tam: She will be saved! I swear it by my love and by my heart! (Short, loud thunder) What was
that?
1st Lady: That’s the arrival of the Queen! (Thunder)
Three Ladies: There she is!
ARIA – Queen of the Night

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Tam: Did I really just see that?! (He wants to leave, but Papageno stops him)

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Mon: Servants! Bring chains!
ARIA - Monostatos
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Pam: (Speaks as if in a dream): Mother! Mother! Mother! Am I still alive? This is worse than
death!
Pap: There she is! You – daughter of the Queen of the Night!
Pam: (gets up) Queen of the Night? Who are you?!
Pap: I’m a messenger from the Queen.
Pam: From the Queen?! My mother?! What’s your name?
Pap: Papageno.
Pam: Papageno? I’ve heard your name before! Then you know my good, loving mother?
Pap: Are you the daughter of the Queen of the Night? (She nods) Then, yes. Wait! Let me
check! (He takes out her portrait which the Prince gave him and which he has been wearing
around his neck.) Eyes – black. Lips – red. Hair – blond/brown. Everything looks right to me….
except for the hands and feet because, according to this picture, you don’t have any!
Pam: Let me see! Yes, that’s my portrait, but how did you get it?!
Pap: Well, for years I have delivered the finest birds I could catch to your mother and her ladies
at the palace. Just as I was about to hand over the birds, I saw someone standing in front of me
who called himself Prince. He impressed your mother so much that she gave him your portrait
and ordered him to set you free. He fell in love with you as soon as he saw your portrait and
immediately decided to save you.
Pam: He loves me?! Oh, say that again!
Pap: Come on! Your eyes will light up when you see the handsome Prince.
Pam: But wait! What if this is a trap! What if you were really sent by Sarastro?
Pap: What? A trap? Why would I do that?
Pam: I’m sorry! Forgive me if I offended you! You have a kind heart.
Pap: Yes, I do. But what good does it do me? Papageno still hasn’t found a Papagena!
Pam: Poor man! You mean you have no wife?
Pap: Not even a girlfriend, let alone a wife!
Pam: Be patient, my friend. You will have a wife sooner than you think!
DUET – Papageno and Pamina
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Sar: Today’s assembly is one of the most important of our time. Prince Tamino waits at the
door of the temple. Our foremost duty will be to watch over this young man who is seeking for
wisdom and virtue, and extend to him the hand of friendship. The gentle, virtuous Pamina has
been chosen for him. Therefore I have torn her away from her proud mother, who intends to
destroy the firm foundations of our temples. But she will not succeed. Tamino himself will
become one of us and will help us strengthen the power of virtue and wisdom.
Speaker: Will Tamino be able to prevail against the hard ordeals that await him? He is a prince.
Sar: More than that – He is a man.
ARIA – Sarastro

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(Speaker – Ed, 2nd Priest – Gabe in spoken dialogue, but sing 1st Priest)
Tam: Are you still there?
Pap: It’s so dark, I can’t really tell, but…. (thunder) … Help!!
Tam: What’s wrong?
Pap: I think I’m getting a slight fever!
Tam: Shame on you, Papageno! Be a man!
Pap: I wish I were a girl! (Very loud thunder!) Uh oh…. My hour has come!
Speaker: Why have you intruded upon our sanctuary? What do you seek from us?
Tam: Friendship and love.
Speaker: Are you prepared to fight for these virtues and go through every one of the trials…. At
the risk of your very life?
Tam: I am. Wisdom will gain my victory and Pamina will be my reward!
Speaker: Give me your hand. (They shake hands.) (To Papageno): Will you, too, fight for the
love of wisdom?
Pap: Fighting is not exactly my line of work. I just need sleep, food, and drink…. And, if I could
catch a pretty little wife…..
2nd Priest: That you shall never do unless you undergo our trials!
Pap: Then I’ll remain single!
2nd Priest: But if Sarastro has already chosen a bride for you who resembles you perfectly?
Pap: Is she young?
2nd Priest: Young and beautiful, …... and her name is Papagena.
Pap: Pa-pa---
2nd Priest: Papagena!
Pap: I would like to see her! But…. After I see her will I have to die? (2nd Priest shrugs his
shoulders.) Then I’ll remain single!
2nd Priest: You may see her, but you may not speak to her. Can you control your tongue?
Pap: Yes! (They shake hands.)
Speaker: You, too, Prince, must remain silent. If you fail in this test, you both are lost. You will
see Pamina, but you may not speak to her. This is the beginning of your trial.
DUET – Two Priests

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Pap: Hey! We need some lights here! Every time these men leave us I can’t see my hand in
front of my face!
Tam: Be patient! We have to get through this! (The Three Ladies appear with lanterns.)

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Speaker: Your steadfast bearing has won a victory! Now we must continue our journey! Come
on!
2nd Priest: What happened? Get up, friend! What happened to you?
Pap: I fainted!
2nd Priest: Get up, pull yourself together, and act like a man!
Pap: OK, but why, Sir, do I have to go through all these tests and trials? If a Papagena has
already been chosen for me, why do I have to work so hard to win her?
2nd Priest: Let your own common sense answer that question. Come on, my responsibility is to
lead you on to the next test.
Pap: With all this wandering around, I feel like giving up on love forever!
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Mon: Here she is - the modest beauty! What a vision! If I knew ….. that I was all alone and no
one was watching….. one little kiss….. could certainly be overlooked!

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Queen: Away with you!!
Pam: Mother! My Mother!
Mon: Her mother?! I’ll have to watch this from over here……
Queen: You may thank the power which took you from me that I still call myself your mother!
Do you see this dagger? It has been sharpened for Sarastro….. and YOU will kill him!!
Pam: But dearest Mother!
Queen: Not a word!

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Pam: I cannot! I cannot do that! O Gods, what shall I do?!
Mon: Confide in me!
Pam: Oh Gods, help me! No!
Mon: No? (Mon. raises the dagger) Then die! (Sar. enters and stops him) Lord, I am innocent!
(Mon. falls on his knees)
Sar: Go!
Pam: Do not punish my mother!
Sar: I know everything! Now you shall see how I take revenge upon your mother!
ARIA - Sarastro

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(Tam and Pap, without veils, are led in by the Two Priests)
Speaker: Prince once more, do not forget the word: Silence!
2nd Priest: Anyone who breaks his silence will be punished by thunder and lightning! Farewell.
Pap: Tamino!
Tam: Sshh!
Pap: Well, I would think that I would at least be allowed to talk to myself!
Tam: Sshh!
Pap: (sings) La la la….. We don’t even get a drop of water from these folks, let alone anything
else. (An ugly woman appears with a big cup in her hands, Pap looks at her for a long time.) Is
that for me?
Wom: Yes, my angel!
Pap: (looks at her again and drinks) Just water? Tell me, my beauty, is this how you treat all
your guests?
Wom: Yes, my angel!
Pap: Well then, I guess they don’t come here very often!
Wom: No, not very often!
Pap: That’s what I thought! Come over here and sit with me, Grandma, and tell me how old
you are.
Wom: Eighteen years and two minutes!
Pap: Ha ha ha! Tell me, do you have a sweetheart?
Wom: Of course, I do!
Pap: And is he as young as you are!
Wom: Not quite – he is 10 years older.
Pap: That must be quite a fiery love! What’s his name?
Wom: Papgeno.
Pap: (falls from his seat) PAPAGENO?! Well, where is he then?
Wom: He is sitting right here, my angel!
Pap: So, I am your sweetheart?
Wom: Yes, my angel!
Pap: Tell me, what is your name?
Wom: My name is…. (loud thunder – woman quickly hobbles away)
Pap: Oh, no! (Tam shakes a finger at him) From now on I won’t speak another word! (The Three
Spirits enter with flute and bells)
TRIO – Three Spirits

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Pap: Want something to eat? (Tam. plays his flute, Pap. eats) You just keep playing your flute
then. Mr. Sarastro sure has a good cook! I wouldn’t mind keeping quiet if it meant eating like
this all the time! Now I’ll see if his cellar is as good as his kitchen! (Drinks)
Pam: (enters excitedly) You’re here!! I heard your flute and I followed the sound as fast as I
could! But… why are you sad? Haven’t you got anything to say to me? (Tam sighs and turns
away) Don’t you love me anymore? (Tam sighs and turns away again) Papageno, what’s
bothering him? (Pap’s mouth is full of food and he motions her away… Hm, Hm, Hm) Not you,
too!! Oh, this is worse than death!
ARIA – Pamina

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(It gets dark)
Pap: (offstage) Tamino! Tamino! Are you leaving me here alone?! If only I knew where I was!
Tamino! (Goes to the place where Tamino exited)
A Voice (offstage): Stop!
Pap: How do I get out? If only I knew how I got in here! (Tries to find another way out)
A Voice (offstage): Stop! (Thunder)
Pap: I don’t know how to get out of here! Why did I come with him? It serves me right!
Speaker: You deserve to wander forever in the darkest corners of the earth! The merciful gods
will spare you from this punishment, but you will not be ordained.
Pap: I don’t care a bit about being ordained. At the moment, all I want is some food and drink!
Speaker: You want nothing else in the world? (Pap shakes his head No) Then you shall have it!
(A big cup appears)
Pap: There it is already! (Drinks) Wow! I’m so excited, if I had wings, I would fly! What’s that?
(Puts his hands on his chest) Something’s happening in my heart! I want….. I wish….. but what?
ARIA - Papageno
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Wom: (Hobbles in with a cane) Here I am, my angel!
Pap: What wonderful luck I have!
Wom: And if you promise to be true to me forever, then you will see how tenderly your little
wife will love you!
Pap: Oh, what a tender goose you are!
Wom: Oh, how I will hug you and caress you and press you to my heart!
Pap: Press me to your heart?!!
Wom: Give me your hand as a pledge of our union!
Pap: Whoa! Not so fast! Such a union needs some consideration, after all!
Wom: Papageno, I warn you! Don’t hesitate! Give me your hand or you will be imprisoned
here forever!
Pap: Imprisoned?!
Wom: Yes. You will live on bread and water, without friends, or sweetheart. You will have to
give up the world forever.
Pap: No! In that case I’ll take an old one rather than none at all! Alright then. You have my
hand and I swear that I will always be true to you….. (aside) until I found someone prettier!
Wom: You swear it?
Pap: Yes. I swear it. (The old woman changes into a young woman, dressed like Pap) Papagena!
Speaker: Begone, young woman! He is not yet worthy of you! (He drags her out, Pap tries to
follow) Stay back, I say, or you’ll be sorry!