Christopher Purves bass - Chandos
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CHAN 3121 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 4:19 pm Page 122<br />
Papageno<br />
Thank you very much indeed,<br />
that’s the last thing I need.<br />
I have heard this pagan priest<br />
is as fierce as any beast.<br />
He is a savage, he’s a sinner,<br />
and he’ll have me for his dinner,<br />
guest of honour at the feast.<br />
Three Ladies<br />
Your place is at the Prince’s side,<br />
he’ll be your guardian and your guide.<br />
Papageno (aside)<br />
I bet he’s planning to deceive me,<br />
what dangers lie ahead?<br />
He’ll try to rob me by the wayside,<br />
and then leave me for dead.<br />
First Lady (giving Papageno a set of bells)<br />
These magic bells we give to you.<br />
Papageno<br />
To me? Let’s have a look at them.<br />
Three Ladies<br />
They will protect you on your mission.<br />
Papageno<br />
Can they be played without tuition?<br />
Three Ladies<br />
Of course they can, you foolish man!<br />
All<br />
Magic music, mystic powers<br />
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will be yours/ours when danger lowers.<br />
Fare you well, we’ll meet again,<br />
so farewell, farewell till then!<br />
(They start to go.)<br />
Tamino<br />
Stay mystic ladies, fair and wise.<br />
Papageno<br />
And say which way the fortress lies.<br />
Tamino and Papageno<br />
Yes, tell us pray<br />
which way Sarastro’s fortress lies.<br />
Three Ladies<br />
Three boys will soon be here to guide you,<br />
through doubt and fear they’ll stay beside you.<br />
To keep you safe and lead the way,<br />
when they command, you must obey.<br />
Tamino and Papageno<br />
Three boys will soon be here to guide us,<br />
through doubt and fear they’ll stay beside us…<br />
Three Ladies<br />
To keep you safe and lead the way,<br />
when they command, you must obey.<br />
All<br />
And so farewell, farewell till then,<br />
and so farewell, we’ll meet again.<br />
(Exeunt.)<br />
(The scene changes to a splendid Egyptian room.)<br />
7<br />
Dialogue<br />
Pamina<br />
(scream off stage)<br />
Monostatos<br />
Slaves!<br />
No. 6 Trio<br />
Monstatos<br />
You will not dare escape again.<br />
Pamina<br />
How can I bear such cruel pain?<br />
Monstatos<br />
I’ll force you to obey me.<br />
Pamina<br />
Your threats do not dismay me.<br />
I suffer for my mother’s sake,<br />
while we’re apart her heart will break.<br />
Monostatos<br />
Come, slaves, and bind her tightly now,<br />
so tight her wrists are bleeding.<br />
(Pamina is put in chains.)<br />
Pamina<br />
You will not hear my pleading,<br />
I see your heart is made of stone.<br />
(She falls unconscious on the sofa.)<br />
Monostatos<br />
We’ll see, we’ll see.<br />
Leave her alone with me!<br />
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(The slaves leave.)<br />
Papageno (outside the window, at first without<br />
being seen)<br />
Where am I now? Where can I be?<br />
A-ha! What’s going on here?<br />
I’d better go and see.<br />
(He enters.)<br />
A maiden young and fair<br />
with skin so white and spotless.<br />
(Papageno and Monostatos see each other, each<br />
frightening the other.)<br />
Monostatos and Papageno<br />
Hoo! It is Beelzebub himself,<br />
Have mercy, I beg of you.<br />
hoo … hoo … hoo …hoo …<br />
(Both run off.)<br />
Dialogue<br />
Papageno<br />
Ooph! I wasn’t really scared you know. I wasn’t!<br />
Hang on! Wait a minute! That looks like the girl<br />
in the picture. Excuse me… Let me see… eyes,<br />
dark, you! Lips, red, yup! Hair, fair, yeah!<br />
Everything seems to be in order.<br />
Pamina<br />
That is my portrait. Where did you get it?<br />
Papageno<br />
Ah, well, I was delivering some birds to your<br />
mother when I met ‘Prince’. Your mother was so
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