Die Zauberflöte - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Die Zauberflöte
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15.09.2024 , Sunday
17:00
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Deutsche Oper, Bismarckstraße 35, 10627 Berlin, Germany
Great opera in two acts
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
First performance on September 30, 1791 in Vienna
Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on September 24, 1991
recommended from 10 years
3 hours / One break
In German with German and English surtitles
Introduction: 45 minutes before the start of the performance in the foyer on the right
Prince Tamino is threatened by a wild dragon. At the last minute, three mysterious women, emissaries of the Queen of the Night, save him. When the bird catcher Papageno shows up and boasts about the exploit, they punish him. They present the prince with a picture of Pamina, the queen's daughter, who is being held prisoner by the ruler of the sun temple, Sarastro. Tamino falls in love with her. Then the queen herself appears and orders him to save Pamina together with Papageno. A magic flute is supposed to protect him from danger, the reluctant Papageno receives a magic chime. Led by three boys, the two make their way to Sarastro's castle. While Tamino is rejected twice by the castle guards and the third time is told that Sarastro is not the cruel despot the queen made him out to be, Papageno finds Pamina and tries to flee with her. Although he can keep her guard Monostatos at bay with the help of the chimes, the appearance of Sarastro negates all efforts. Papageno, Pamina and Tamino must remain in Sarastro's temple. They are asked to undergo life-threatening trials. First they have to learn to keep silent, a difficult task, especially for Papageno. When an old woman comes along, he can't take it anymore and asks her her name. With a clap of thunder she disappears again. Papageno comforts himself with food and drink, which is miraculously served to both of them, only Tamino remains silent and plays his flute. Pamina comes and is in despair because Tamino no longer speaks to her. Her mother had previously tried in vain to persuade her to kill Sarastro. When she wants to end her life, the three boys snatch the dagger from her and lead her to Tamino. Protected by the flute, both pass through fire and water, and have thus passed all tests. Meanwhile, in his loneliness, Papageno wishes the old woman would come back and promises to marry her "as long as nothing better is found." Then she suddenly turns into a pretty young girl, but the time has not yet come for her to be snatched from him again. Out of despair he wants to take his own life, but the three boys remind him of the glockenspiel. Its sound summons Papagena and they both dream of a happy future. The other couple is also happy: Tamino and Pamina are accepted into the community of initiates and glorify the ideals of nature, wisdom and reason. Only the Queen of the Night meets a bad end: when she tries to enter the temple with her entourage, she is devoured by the powers of darkness.
Mozart's MAGIC FLUTE, the most-performed opera in the German-speaking world, the multi-layered masterpiece in the unusual mixture of Viennese folk theater and Masonic mystery, fairy tales and myths, still puzzles us to this day: did Mozart and his lyricist Schikaneder switch fronts in the middle of the work between the Queen of the Night and Sarastro? Isn't mistrust indicated towards the all too healed world of priests and their ideology, which divides the world into good and bad? Are there not even traces of a distance between text and music, as some Mozart specialists suspect? Nevertheless, it is precisely the music that elevates the contradictions of the plot to the level of the world. She does not denounce her characters, but gives their conflicts an existential dimension. Without her, the opera would sound like an irrational fairy tale.
Subject to change.
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
First performance on September 30, 1791 in Vienna
Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on September 24, 1991
recommended from 10 years
3 hours / One break
In German with German and English surtitles
Introduction: 45 minutes before the start of the performance in the foyer on the right
Prince Tamino is threatened by a wild dragon. At the last minute, three mysterious women, emissaries of the Queen of the Night, save him. When the bird catcher Papageno shows up and boasts about the exploit, they punish him. They present the prince with a picture of Pamina, the queen's daughter, who is being held prisoner by the ruler of the sun temple, Sarastro. Tamino falls in love with her. Then the queen herself appears and orders him to save Pamina together with Papageno. A magic flute is supposed to protect him from danger, the reluctant Papageno receives a magic chime. Led by three boys, the two make their way to Sarastro's castle. While Tamino is rejected twice by the castle guards and the third time is told that Sarastro is not the cruel despot the queen made him out to be, Papageno finds Pamina and tries to flee with her. Although he can keep her guard Monostatos at bay with the help of the chimes, the appearance of Sarastro negates all efforts. Papageno, Pamina and Tamino must remain in Sarastro's temple. They are asked to undergo life-threatening trials. First they have to learn to keep silent, a difficult task, especially for Papageno. When an old woman comes along, he can't take it anymore and asks her her name. With a clap of thunder she disappears again. Papageno comforts himself with food and drink, which is miraculously served to both of them, only Tamino remains silent and plays his flute. Pamina comes and is in despair because Tamino no longer speaks to her. Her mother had previously tried in vain to persuade her to kill Sarastro. When she wants to end her life, the three boys snatch the dagger from her and lead her to Tamino. Protected by the flute, both pass through fire and water, and have thus passed all tests. Meanwhile, in his loneliness, Papageno wishes the old woman would come back and promises to marry her "as long as nothing better is found." Then she suddenly turns into a pretty young girl, but the time has not yet come for her to be snatched from him again. Out of despair he wants to take his own life, but the three boys remind him of the glockenspiel. Its sound summons Papagena and they both dream of a happy future. The other couple is also happy: Tamino and Pamina are accepted into the community of initiates and glorify the ideals of nature, wisdom and reason. Only the Queen of the Night meets a bad end: when she tries to enter the temple with her entourage, she is devoured by the powers of darkness.
Mozart's MAGIC FLUTE, the most-performed opera in the German-speaking world, the multi-layered masterpiece in the unusual mixture of Viennese folk theater and Masonic mystery, fairy tales and myths, still puzzles us to this day: did Mozart and his lyricist Schikaneder switch fronts in the middle of the work between the Queen of the Night and Sarastro? Isn't mistrust indicated towards the all too healed world of priests and their ideology, which divides the world into good and bad? Are there not even traces of a distance between text and music, as some Mozart specialists suspect? Nevertheless, it is precisely the music that elevates the contradictions of the plot to the level of the world. She does not denounce her characters, but gives their conflicts an existential dimension. Without her, the opera would sound like an irrational fairy tale.
Subject to change.