Mozart's magical and transformational MAGIC FLUTE comes to life filmed in Washington DC’s iconic neighborhoods. A luminous version by local playwright Sybil Williams and librettist Jarrod Lee* puts new words to unforgettable music crying out that black life matters and exploring what it is to be young, Black, and gifted in opera today.

KenYatta Rogers directs a young national cast including artists in the Cardwell Dawson Fellowship:

Carl DuPont* as Papageno
Edward Graves as Tamino
Elise Christina Jenkins* as Papagena/Third lady
William Powell III as Sarastro
Melissa Wimbish* as Pamina/Second Lady
and Kristin Renee Young as Queen of the Night/First Lady

with Jabari Exum

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Music Direction by Dr. Elizabeth Hill
Jarrod Lee*, English Libretto
Sybil Williams, Playwright

Directed by KenYatta Rogers, assisted by Michelle Proctor Rogers
Safiya Muthaliff, Stage Manager

Zoe Tompkins, Lighting Coordinator
Videography by DMV Productions

*Cardwell Dawson Fellow

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