Programme . as Typhon, to whom all bad passions, diseases, tempests, andearthquakes were imputed. Osiris was synonymous with reason andlight; Typhon with the passions without reason, and therefore withdarkness; and the whole plot of the opera turns upon the strugglebetween these two oldest of contending parties for the mastery overPamina, the daughter of an Egyptian enchantress, and priestess ofTyphon, ycleped the Queen of Night. The magic flute, by the agencyof which Tamino is destined to acquire an influence over the mind ofPamina, has the power of inspiring love, the most potent of humanpas
Programme . as Typhon, to whom all bad passions, diseases, tempests, andearthquakes were imputed. Osiris was synonymous with reason andlight; Typhon with the passions without reason, and therefore withdarkness; and the whole plot of the opera turns upon the strugglebetween these two oldest of contending parties for the mastery overPamina, the daughter of an Egyptian enchantress, and priestess ofTyphon, ycleped the Queen of Night. The magic flute, by the agencyof which Tamino is destined to acquire an influence over the mind ofPamina, has the power of inspiring love, the most potent of humanpassions. Bestowed on him by the powers of darkness and evil, it is ofcourse merely sensual; purified by the powers of light and reason, itsmagic is made subservient to the best and holiest of purposes, andguides the faithful pair through all worldly dangers to the knowledgeof heavenly truth, as typified by their initiation into the mysteriesof Isis. The first performance of The Magic Flute in Boston was at the. GRAND, INVERTEDGRAND and PLAYER-PIANOS Have taken the front rank amongthe really artistic pianos by reasonof their superb tone quality and theexcellence which distinguishes everystructural detail. The Mehlin Inverted Grand isthe only Upright built on theprinciple of the Grand. It has theGrand Scale, Sounding Board andTone. For Art Catalogueand full particulars apply to CCHarvey® 144 Boylston StreetBoston 525 Boston Theatre on January n, i860, in Italian. The cast was asfollows: Astrifiammante, Mme. Colson; Pamina, Mme. Gazzaniga,Papagena, Mme. Strakosch; three Attendants on the Queen, , Reichardt, Morra; Tamino, Stigelli; Papageno, Ferri;Sarastro, Junca; Monostatos, Amodio; Oratore, Muller; Muzioconducted, and Theodore Thomas was concert-master. The play-bill stated that there would be a chorus of over one hundred. Thegrand orchestra has been increased by the addition of the most promi-nent professors of the city. It was said at the time by Mr. Dwightthat the c
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