Queen of the Night's Aria (Mozart)

Showcase a flute soloist with this inspired arrangement of the Queen of the Night's Aria. The aria "I'll Have Revenge" (Der Hölle Rache") is sung by the Queen of the Night in the second act of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute."

Genre: Solo Flute with Band | # of Players: Standard + 1
Level: 3.5 | Duration: 3:10

Instrumentation
1st Flute (SOLO)

2nd Flute (Piccolo)
1st Oboe
2nd Oboe*
1st Bb Clarinet
2nd Bb Clarinet
3rd Bb Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet*
1st Bassoon
2nd Bassoon*
1st Eb Alto Saxophone
2nd Eb Alto Saxophone*
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone*

1st Bb Trumpet
2nd Bb Trumpet
3rd Bb Trumpet*
1st F Horn
2nd F Horn
3rd F Horn
4th F Horn*
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone*
3rd Trombone
Euphonium
(TC Baritone)
Tuba

Timpani

Parts marked with as asterisk (*) are NOT ESSENTIAL, although their presence will obviously enable a fuller realization of the composer's intentions to be achieved.

Program Notes
The aria "I'll Have Revenge" (Der Hölle Rache") is sung by the Queen of the Night in the second act of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute." The Queen of the Night is one of Mozart's most famous operatic figures, which is rather surprising as she sings only two arias in the entire opera. However, it is the style of these arias which has made the character justifiably famous: both are extremely virtuosic and require a high range and great vocal flexibility - a coloratura. Mozart probably wrote the arias in this way to represent the external glitter but inner hardness of the Queen. She first appears seemingly as a representative of the forces of good and light, and only in the second act of the opera do we discover that she is the symbol of darkness and superstition.