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Writer's pictureYunona Tabala

The Magic Flute with MassOpera

Over the course of her studies at Longy, Yunona had the opportunity to take part in the MassOpera Artist Training Program. In May 2023, she made her professional Boston debut as part of this company. She performed the role of Second Spirit while serving as a Study Cover for Pamina.

MassOpera welcomes you to the ultimate opera-fantasy retold through a reimagined new English libretto by Kelley Rourke and staging from renowned Boston-based theatre director, Pascale Florestal. The forces of good and evil, light and dark, fire and water battle it out in Mozart’s famous fantasy opera.


The planet is in crisis. Three young seekers are drawn into an age-old cosmic battle, in which each side blames the other for the fate of the planet. Through a series of trials, our heroes’ only hope is through shattering the binary of good vs evil.


Forging a new partnership with Suffolk University Theatre Department and their Modern Theatre space, as well as showcasing several students from MassOpera’s Artist Training Program with Longy School of Music at Bard College, we are thrilled to bring you one of the largest casts in MO history. And to top it all off, it is our first time performing in Downtown Boston!

Cast Breakdown by Performance:


FIRE CAST – Friday, May 12th @ 8 PM: Pamina, Jessica Graves; Tamino, Christopher Remkus; First Lady, Erin Merceruio Nelson; Second Lady, Aurora Martin; Third Lady, Vanessa Moya; Queen of the Night, Maggie Finnegan; Sorastro, Lindsay Polcyn; Papageno, Gray Leiper; Papagena, Eleanor Mayerfeld; Monastatos, Karthik Ayysola; First Spirit, Cailin Smith; Second Spirit, Sophie Carpenter; Third Spirit, Jie Men; Speaker/Ensemble Bass, Connor Lee; Priest/Ensemble Tenor, Enjie Lian; Priestess Ensemble/Mezzo-soprano, Siyu Pan; Priestess/Ensemble Soprano, Callie Meinkrantz.


WATER CAST – Saturday, May 13th @ 2 PM: Pamina, Ruoxi Peng; Tamino, Ehimimen Omigie; First Lady, Tamara Ryan; Second Lady, Kelsey Moisan; Third Lady, Hailey McAvoy; Queen of the Night, Yan Lian; Sorastro, Jakob Stone; Papageno, Joshua Dixon; Papagena, Natalie Vatcher; Monastatos, Michael Gonzalez; First Spirit, Xunhao Li; Second Spirit, Monica Lopez; Third Spirit, Chihiro Asano; Speaker/Ensemble Bass; Priest/Ensemble Tenor, Heming Chao; Priestess Ensemble/Mezzo-soprano, Emily Adams; Priestess/Ensemble Soprano, Patricia Kopko.


FIRE CAST – Saturday, May 13th @ 8 PM: Pamina, Jessica Graves; Tamino, Christopher Remkus; First Lady, Erin Merceruio Nelson; Second Lady, Aurora Martin; Third Lady, Vanessa Moya; Queen of the Night, Maggie Finnegan; Sorastro, Lindsay Polcyn; Papageno, Gray Leiper; Papagena, Eleanor Mayerfeld; Monastatos, Karthik Ayysola; First Spirit, Cailin Smith; Second Spirit, Sophie Carpenter; Third Spirit, Jie Men; Speaker/Ensemble Bass, Connor Lee; Priest/Ensemble Tenor, Enjie Lian; Priestess Ensemble/Mezzo-soprano, Siyu Pan; Priestess/Ensemble Soprano, Callie Meinkrantz.


WATER CAST – Sunday, May 14th @ 2 PM: Pamina, Ruoxi Peng; Tamino, Ehimimen Omigie; First Lady, Tamara Ryan; Second Lady, Kelsey Moisan; Third Lady, Hailey McAvoy; Queen of the Night, Yan Lian; Sorastro, Jakob Stone; Papageno, Joshua Dixon; Papagena, Natalie Vatcher; Monastatos, Michael Gonzalez; First Spirit, Xunhao Li; Second Spirit, Yunona Tabala; Third Spirit, Chihiro Asano; Speaker/Ensemble Bass, Gift Anyagwochu; Priest/Ensemble Tenor, Heming Chao; Priestess Ensemble/Mezzo-soprano, Emily Adams; Priestess/Ensemble Soprano, Patricia Kopko.


FIRE CAST – Thursday, May 18th @ 7:30 PM: Pamina, Jessica Graves; Tamino, Christopher Remkus; First Lady, Erin Merceruio Nelson; Second Lady, Aurora Martin; Third Lady, Vanessa Moya; Queen of the Night, Maggie Finnegan; Sorastro, Lindsay Polcyn; Papageno, Gray Leiper; Papagena, Eleanor Mayerfeld; Monastatos, Karthik Ayysola; First Spirit, Cailin Smith; Second Spirit, Monica Lopez; Third Spirit, Jie Men; Speaker/Ensemble Bass, Connor Lee; Priest/Ensemble Tenor, Enjie Lian; Priestess Ensemble/Mezzo-soprano, Siyu Pan; Priestess/Ensemble Soprano, Callie Meinkrantz.


WATER CAST – Friday, May 19th @ 8 PM: Pamina, Ruoxi Peng; Tamino, Ehimimen Omigie; First Lady, Tamara Ryan; Second Lady, Kelsey Moisan; Third Lady, Hailey McAvoy; Queen of the Night, Yan Lian; Sorastro, Jakob Stone; Papageno, Joshua Dixon; Papagena, Natalie Vatcher; Monastatos, Michael Gonzalez; First Spirit, Xunhao Li; Second Spirit, Yunona Tabala; Third Spirit, Chihiro Asano; Speaker/Ensemble Bass, Gift Anyagwochu; Priest/Ensemble Tenor, Heming Chao; Priestess Ensemble/Mezzo-soprano, Emily Adams; Priestess/Ensemble Soprano, Patricia Kopko.


FIRE CAST – Saturday, May 20th @ 2 PM: Pamina, Jessica Graves; Tamino, Christopher Remkus; First Lady, Erin Merceruio Nelson; Second Lady, Aurora Martin; Third Lady, Vanessa Moya; Queen of the Night, Maggie Finnegan; Sorastro, Lindsay Polcyn; Papageno, Gray Leiper; Papagena, Eleanor Mayerfeld; Monastatos, Karthik Ayysola; First Spirit, Cailin Smith; Second Spirit, Sophie Carpenter; Third Spirit, Jie Men; Speaker/Ensemble Bass, Connor Lee; Priest/Ensemble Tenor, Enjie Lian; Priestess Ensemble/Mezzo-soprano, Siyu Pan; Priestess/Ensemble Soprano, Callie Meinkrantz.


WATER CAST – Saturday, May 20th @ 8 PM: Pamina, Ruoxi Peng; Tamino, Ehimimen Omigie; First Lady, Tamara Ryan; Second Lady, Kelsey Moisan; Third Lady, Hailey McAvoy; Queen of the Night, Yan Lian; Sorastro, Jakob Stone; Papageno, Joshua Dixon; Papagena, Natalie Vatcher; Monastatos, Michael Gonzalez; First Spirit, Xunhao Li; Second Spirit, Yunona Tabala; Third Spirit, Chihiro Asano; Speaker/Ensemble Bass, Gift Anyagwochu; Priest/Ensemble Tenor, Heming Chao; Priestess Ensemble/Mezzo-soprano, Emily Adams; Priestess/Ensemble Soprano, Patricia Kopko.


FIRE CAST – Sunday, May 21st @ 2 PM: Pamina, Jessica Graves; Tamino, Christopher Remkus; First Lady, Erin Merceruio Nelson; Second Lady, Aurora Martin; Third Lady, Vanessa Moya; Queen of the Night, Maggie Finnegan; Sorastro, Lindsay Polcyn; Papageno, Gray Leiper; Papagena, Eleanor Mayerfeld; Monastatos, Karthik Ayysola; First Spirit, Cailin Smith; Second Spirit, Monica Lopez; Third Spirit, Jie Men; Speaker/Ensemble Bass, Connor Lee; Priest/Ensemble Tenor, Enjie Lian; Priestess Ensemble/Mezzo-soprano, Siyu Pan; Priestess/Ensemble Soprano, Callie Meinkrantz.

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