Die Zauberflöte

Grand opera in two acts | Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder | In German with German surtitles

Duration: 3 hours | 1 intermission | ages 12 and up

Welcome to the enigmatic fairytale world of The Magic Ode! Even the names of the characters sound magical and remind us of our first visits to the opera: Tamino, Pamina, Papageno, Sarastro ... Hardly any other work of opera literature contains so many opposites, so harmoniously combined into a whole by Mozart's music. Is his most popular opera an adventurous story of growing up? A parable of wisdom, philosophy and friendship? Is it about simply remaining yourself, like the bird-catcher Papageno? He accompanies Prince Tamino, who has fallen in love with a picture of the kidnapped Pamina and wants to free her. We are reminded that the world cannot always be divided into good and evil: The Queen of the Night and Sarastro show us this through their quarrel over Pamina. We are also accompanied on our journey by three ladies, three boys, a glockenspiel and a flute that can even tame wild animals. And what about the three tests that Tamino and Pamina have to pass in order to become initiates? Will a Papagena be found for Papageno? Questions upon questions that are answered with lots of humor and magic!

Note: Contains a sequence of flashing lights and patterns.