Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Summary

Welcome to a world where animals dance and children fly, where princes battle dragons and hope battles despair. To a world where ideas matter, and music saves the day. Welcome to a magical experience for the whole family in Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

Tamino is a noble prince on a quest. He discovers strange lands, inhabited by wondrous creatures – scary women, wise children and even a bird man – but that is not what he is looking for. Will Tamino finally discover the truth? And will he find true love?

When New York’s Metropolitan Opera was commissioning a new The Magic Flute, it looked to Julie Taymor, director of Disney’s The Lion King, for inspiration. She took Mozart’s fairy tale and turned it into a show that speaks to the child in all of us, with dazzling costumes, thrilling puppetry and pacy English dialogue.

A feisty young cast brings this landmark production to Brisbane. Stephen Smith is Tamino, with Andrew Jones as Papageno, and Taryn Fiebig as Pamina. The towering role of Queen of the Night is taken on by Brisbane-based soprano, Milica Ilic, and David Parkin is Sarastro.

This production was reproduced by Opera Australia from the original production of THE MAGIC FLUTE by The Metropolian Opera, New York.
Translation by J.D. McClatchy.
Performed by arrangement with The Metropolitan Opera, publisher and sole copyright holder.

Performed in English with English surtitles
Running Time: Approximately two hours including one twenty-minute interval.

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