The Magic Flute
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Release Date: 2013-01-15
- Genre: Music
Description
Premiering on September 30, 1791, Mozart’s The Magic Flute was first performed just two short months before the composer’s death in December 1791. An immediate success, the opera reached its 100th performance in November 1792. The play opens with Tamino, a young prince, being chased by a serpent. After a while, he faints from exhaustion. Three ladies find him and nurse him back to health. After seeing that the prince is very attractive, each of them tries to convince the others to leave. After some bickering, the three leave the prince alone. After Tamino recovers, he falls in love with a woman in a portrait. The Queen of the Night appears and tells the prince that the woman is her daughter, Pamina, and that she has been captured by the evil Sarastro. Tamino decides to rescue Pamina. He obtains a magic flute that can change men’s hearts and a chime that is said to protect him. Papageno, a man who claimed he had killed the serpent that had been chasing the prince, also accompanies him. After finding Sarastro’s temple and Pamina, Tamino finds himself captured. Sarastro tests Papageno and Tamino with a series of trials that require complete silence from both the men. Passing these tests, Tamino is finally reunited with Pamina after Sarastro sees that they are madly in love. Today, The Magic Flute has been adapted into films and plays in many countries and for audiences of different ages. Even over 200 years after its premiere, The Magic Flute is the fourth most frequently performed opera in the world.
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