This character worries th
This character worries that the flames will consume him if he is not granted his love in the aria "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen." This character ponders a hypothetical situation in which he trades for some sugar to give to the girl he loves best in the aria "Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja." In many stagings, this character finds increasingly ridiculous ways to stall after promising to hang himself after blowing the pan pipes three times. This character was originated by (*) Emanuel Schikaneder, the librettist for the opera he appears in. This character, whose trademark bells are depicted by a glockenspiel, lies about killing a serpent in his opening scene after entering dressed as a bird. For 10 points, name this baritone birdcatcher, a comic foil to Tamino in Wolfgang Mozart's The Magic Flute.
This character worries that the flames will consume him if he is not granted his love in the aria "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen.
Papageno