<P> `` Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen '' ( `` Hell 's vengeance boils in my heart '' ) , commonly abbreviated `` Der Hölle Rache '' , is an aria sung by the Queen of the Night , a coloratura soprano part , in the second act of Mozart 's opera The Magic Flute ( Die Zauberflöte ) . It depicts a fit of vengeful rage in which the Queen of the Night places a knife into the hand of her daughter Pamina and exhorts her to assassinate Sarastro , the Queen 's rival , on pain of denying and cursing Pamina if she does not comply . </P>
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is an aria sung by the Queen of the Night