Magic Flute Sets Eugene Opera

Eugene Opera - The MAGIC FLUTE Sets

Set designer Nadya Geras-Carson brings a unique interpretation to the Mozart classic, with a veil of jungle scrims that move back and forth, slyly revealing the temple structure behind.

"`The Magic Flute' is the standard Joseph Campbell hero's journey," Nadya said. "And there is this duality of the natural, wild world versus the regimented world of the temple." - Eugene Register Guard Quote

For more information about the MAGIC FLUTE sets in action, please contact Eugene Opera's Artistic Director Mark Beudert, stage director of the original production, at beudert@eugeneopera.com.

See behind-the-scenes models of the production as well as final performance images >

For information regarding the rental of the Eugene Opera's The Magic Flute Sets,
please contact the Eugene Opera at:
Eugene Opera | P.O. Box 11200, Eugene, OR 97440
(tel) 541.221.2934 | (fax) 541.683.3783

The jungle scrims seen here are in their closed position. During the first act these scrims move back and forth, in a theatrical slight of hand, revealing performers and pieces of the more ridged temple structure behind it.

Here, the jungle scrims part to reveal the Queen of the Night standing on an 11 foot platform, her head is at the center of the central icon of the stage set, a huge 'sun' emblem.

Here, "The Speaker" is revealed standing on the 4 foot platform. When he is done the jungle swallows him up again.

The platform structure behind the scrims is purposefully simple and ridged, to contrast the more organic quality of the jungle overlaid on it. Below diagram depicts the temple platform and its relationship to the jungle proscenium and side scrims.