Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Magic Flute

Tickets

Overview

Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes (intermission after the first act)

Opera in two acts

Text: Emanuel Schikaneder

First performance: Vienna, September 30, 1791

German with explanations in English, French, Spanish, Chinese

Dates

Abstract

The Queen of the Night has begged Prince Tamino to free her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the High Priest Sarastro, who has abducted her. Together with the bird-catcher Papageno, Tamino enters Sarastro's realm to seek her. When he finds her, the two fall in love, but they have to have to undergo ordeals before they can be together. At the end, Papageno is also rewarded with his Papagena.

Cast

Production: Thomas Reichert

Set design: Günther Schneider-Siemssen

Light: Philippe Brunner / Alexander Proschek

Costumes: Friedl Aicher

Sculptor: Joseph Magnus

Technician: Alexander Proschek

Puppeteers: Philippe Brunner, Anne-Lise Droin, Vladimir Fediakov, Marion Mayer, Emanuel Paulus, Eva Wiener, Ursula Winzer

Singers: Kim Borg, Diana Eustrati, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ernst Häfliger, Josef Greindl, Margot Guillaume, Margarete Klose, Liselotte Losch, Lisa Otto, Maria Reith, Marianne Schech, Maria Stader, Rita Streich, Howard Vandenburg, Martin Vantin

Speakers: Friedl Aicher, Eva Arier, Karl Blühm, Bert Oberdorfer, Hannelore Palm, Herbert Propst, Géza Rech, Herta Weber, Franz Wyzner