Word: tamino
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mythic parallels, it is possible that there are similarities between Hamlet and Flute's Tamino (also played by Aron) or between Hamlet's Queen Gertrude and the Queen of the Night. However, the play doesn't really explore these similarities, and the decision to unite these three works remains a mystery...
Mozart's idea of a grown-up fairy tale, The Magic Flute opens with the fair-haired Tamino, a self-proclaimed lost "son of royalty," being overtaken by a ferocious fire-breathing evil serpent represented in this production by some sort of kite. Fainting at such a sight, Tamino is saved by three bewitching and mysterious ladies--messengers of the "star radiant" Queen of the Night, who will continue to play a large role in Tamino's life...
...Queen, it seems, has chosen Tamino to help her retrieve her beautiful daughter Pamina from the evil clutches of the Sorceror Sarastro, the Queen's devilish adversary. Setting out for Sarastro's palace with comedic bird-catcher Papageno for company and a magic flute to charm away all evils, Tamino eventually finds Pamina unscathed and virtue intact but ready for love once the right man has come along...
...midst of extricating her from her difficulties, Tamino discovers that the source of evil in the land is not Sarastro, but the Queen of the Night, herself. Testing their virtue through a series of trials, Sarastro conspires with the two lovers and eventually triumphes with them over the forces of evil, leaving the Queen in the dust--daughterless and powerless...
However, a production such as this lives or dies by its musicans--both in the pit and on stage. Michael J. McNulty as Tamino, for instance, was handsome enough for the tenor part, but lacked the tonal quality and voice for the upper-register arias which are necessary to the role. His loud, shrill voice broadcasted well through the intimate Lowell House Dining Hall, but, as a result, the minor idiosyncracies in his less-than-smooth portrayal stuck out as well...