Editing The Magic Flute (section)

===Act 2===
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| title        = "March of the Priests" (beginning of act 2)
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| filename2    = W. A. Mozart - Die Zauberflöte - 14. O Isis und Osiris (Ferenc Fricsay, 1953).ogg
| title2       = "O Isis und Osiris", and subsequent dialogue
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| title5       = "Ach, ich fühl's", Pamina, act 2
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====Scene 1: A grove of palms====
The council of priests of [[Isis]] and [[Osiris]], headed by Sarastro, enters to the sound of a solemn march. Sarastro tells the priests that Tamino is ready to undergo the ordeals that will lead to enlightenment. He invokes the gods Isis and Osiris, asking them to protect Tamino and Pamina (Aria and chorus: "{{Lang|de|O Isis und Osiris|italic=no}} / O Isis and Osiris").

====Scene 2: The courtyard of the Temple of Ordeal====
Tamino and Papageno are led in by two priests for the first trial. The two priests advise Tamino and Papageno of the dangers ahead of them, warn them of women's wiles and swear them to silence (Duet: "{{Lang|de|Bewahret euch von Weibertücken|italic=no}}" / Keep yourselves from women's tricks). The three ladies appear and remind Tamino and Papageno of what the Queen has said about Sarastro, trying to tempt them into speaking. (Quintet: "{{Lang|de|Wie, wie, wie|italic=no}}" / How, how, how) Papageno cannot resist answering the ladies, but Tamino remains aloof, angrily instructing Papageno not to listen to the ladies' threats and to keep quiet. Seeing that Tamino will not speak to them, the ladies withdraw in confusion. The Speaker and a priest return and lead Tamino and Papageno away.

====Scene 3: A garden====
Pamina is asleep. Monostatos creeps in and ogles her. (Aria: "{{Lang|de|Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden|italic=no}}" / All feel the joys of love) He is about to kiss her, when the Queen of the Night appears. Monostatos hides. Waking, Pamina tells her that Tamino is joining Sarastro's brotherhood and that she is thinking of accompanying him. The Queen is not pleased. She explains that her husband, the previous owner of the temple, on his deathbed gave the ownership to Sarastro instead of to her, rendering the Queen powerless (this is in the original libretto, but is usually omitted from modern productions). She gives Pamina a dagger, ordering her to kill Sarastro with it and threatening to disown her if she does not. (Aria: "{{Lang|de|[[Queen of the Night aria|Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen]]|italic=no}}" / Hell's vengeance boils in my heart). She leaves. Monostatos returns and tries to force Pamina's love by threatening to reveal the Queen's plot, but Sarastro enters and drives him off. Pamina begs Sarastro to forgive her mother and he reassures her that revenge and cruelty have no place in his domain (Aria: "{{Lang|de|In diesen heil'gen Hallen|italic=no}}" / Within these sacred halls).

====Scene 4: A hall in the Temple of Ordeal====
[[File:Papagena_par_Dr%C3%A9sa.jpg|thumb|right|Papagena as imagined by Jacques Drésa for a 1922 performance]]
Tamino and Papageno are led in by priests, who remind them that they must remain silent. Papageno complains of thirst. An old woman enters and offers Papageno a cup of water. He drinks and teasingly asks whether she has a boyfriend. She replies that she does and that his name is Papageno. She disappears as Papageno asks for her name, and the three boys bring in food, the magic flute, and the bells, sent from Sarastro (Trio: "{{Lang|de|Seid uns zum zweiten Mal willkommen|italic=no}}" / We welcome you a second time). Tamino begins to play the flute, which summons Pamina. She tries to speak with him, but Tamino, bound by his vow of silence, cannot answer her, and Pamina begins to believe that he no longer loves her. (Aria: "{{Lang|de|Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden|italic=no}}" / Oh, I feel it, it is gone) She leaves in despair.

====Scene 5: The pyramids====
The priests celebrate Tamino's successes so far, and pray that he will succeed and become worthy of their order (Chorus: "{{Lang|de|O Isis und Osiris|italic=no}}" / O Isis and Osiris). Pamina is brought in and Sarastro instructs Pamina and Tamino to bid each other farewell before the greater trials ahead, alarming them by describing it as their "final farewell". (Trio: Sarastro, Pamina, Tamino – "{{Lang|de|Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr sehn?|italic=no}}" / Shall I see you no more, dear one? — Note: In order to preserve the continuity of Pamina's suicidal feelings, this trio is sometimes performed earlier in act 2, preceding or immediately following the chorus "{{Lang|de|O Isis und Osiris|italic=no}}".{{efn|For instance, in the videotaped performance from the Bayerisches Staatsoper, Munich, 19 September 1983, available from Deutsche Grammophon}}<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4rNjwC5HShkC&q=magic+flute+trio+order+second+act&pg=PA220 |title=Mozart and His Operas |first=David |last=Cairns |author-link=David Cairns (writer)|year=2006|publisher=University of California Press |via=Google Books |isbn=9780520228986}}</ref>) They exit and Papageno enters. The priests grant his request for a glass of wine and he expresses his desire for a wife. (Aria: "{{Lang|de|Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen|italic=no}}" / A girl or a woman). The elderly woman reappears and warns him that unless he immediately promises to marry her, he will be imprisoned forever. When Papageno promises to love her faithfully (muttering that he will only do this until something better comes along), she is transformed into the young and pretty Papagena. Papageno rushes to embrace her, but the priests drive him back, telling him that he is not yet worthy of her.

====Finale. Scene 6: A garden====
The three boys hail the dawn. They observe Pamina, who is contemplating suicide because she believes Tamino has abandoned her. The boys restrain her and reassure her of Tamino's love. (Quartet: "{{Lang|de|Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden|italic=no}}" / To herald the morning, soon will shine). The scene changes without a break, leading into scene 7.

====Scene 7: At the Mountains of Ordeal====
[[File:Max Slevogt Zauberflöte Szene.jpg|thumb|Tamino and Pamina undergo their final trial; watercolor by [[Max Slevogt]] (1868–1932)]]
(One mountain has a waterfall, the other emits fire.) Two men in armor lead Tamino in. They promise enlightenment to those who successfully overcome the fear of death ("{{Lang|de|Der, welcher wandert diese Strasse voll Beschwerden|italic=no}}" / He who walks this path weighed down with cares – sung to a [[Baroque music|Baroque]] [[chorale prelude]], inspired by [[Martin Luther]]'s [[hymn]] "[[Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein]]" / Oh God, look down from heaven{{efn|The hymn was translated by [[Martin Luther]] in 1524 from the [[Psalm 11|eleventh Psalm]]{{sfn|Heartz|2009|p=284}}}}<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Eighteenth-Century Music |volume=13 |issue=2 |date=September 2016 |pages=235–252 |title=Mozart, Kirnberger, and the idea of musical purity: Revisiting two sketches from 1782 |doi=10.1017/S1478570616000063 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |last1=Rathey |first1=Markus |doi-access=free}}</ref>). Tamino declares that he is ready to be tested. Pamina calls to him from offstage. The men in armour assure him that the trial by silence is over and he is free to speak with her. Pamina enters and declares her intention to undergo the remaining trials with him. She hands him the magic flute to help them through the trials ("{{Lang|de|Tamino mein, o welch ein Glück!|italic=no}} / Oh, what luck, my Tamino!"). Protected by the music of the magic flute, they pass unscathed through fire and water. Offstage, the priests hail their triumph and invite the couple to enter the temple. The scene changes without a break, leading into scene 8.

====Scene 8: A garden with a tree ====
[[File:15031-Magic Flute Production-0413 (15830972013).jpg|thumb|Papageno and Papagena; from a production at [[Texas A&M University–Commerce]]]]
Papageno despairs at having lost Papagena and decides to hang himself (Aria/Quartet: "{{Lang|de|Papagena! Papagena! Papagena! Weibchen, Täubchen, meine Schöne|italic=no}}" / Papagena! Papagena! Papagena! Dear woman, dear dove, my beauty) He hesitates, counting to three, but more and more slowly. The three boys appear and stop him. They remind him he can play his magic bells to summon Papagena. She appears and, united, the happy couple stutter in astonishment and make bird-like courting sounds at each other. They plan their future and dream of the many children they will have together (Duet: "Pa... pa... pa...").{{efn|For the origin of this duet, see [[Emanuel Schikaneder]]}} The scenes change without a break, leading into scene 9.

====Scene 9: A rocky landscape outside the temple; night====
Monostatos appears with the Queen of the Night and her three ladies. They plot to destroy the temple ("{{Lang|de|Nur stille, stille|italic=no}}" / Just quiet, quiet) and the Queen confirms her promise to give Pamina to Monostatos, but suddenly, with thunder and lightning, they are cast out into eternal night. The scene changes without a break, leading into scene 10.

====Scene 10: The Temple of the Sun====
Sarastro announces the sun's triumph over the night and the fraudulent power of hypocrites. The chorus hails the newly consecrated Tamino and Pamina, and gives thanks to Isis and Osiris.