“Papagena, Papageno!“ duet from The Magic Flute / Die Zauberflöte (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Alternative title “Pa-pa-pa“.
Papagena: soprano Inga Lohne-Otterstad (14y)
Papageno: baritone Aksel Rykkvin (15y)
Piano: Natalie Gourman
Live performance during the opera edition of the music competition program “Stjärnornas stjärna“ (“The Star of Stars“) on Swedish TV4, April 14, 2018.
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Aksel and Inga are both in the Children’s Chorus of the National Norwegian Opera & Ballet, and in the same classical music talent class at school (Musikk på Majorstuen skole).
Huge thanks to the Children’s Chorus team at the Opera: director Gunnar Bergstrøm, Head/conductor Edle Stray-Pedersen and voice coach Marianne Willumsen Lewis who all helped shape this performance!
Stream or buy the critically acclaimed boy soprano albums with Aksel Rykkvin:
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