Die Zauberflöte
Story & Setting:
English director Simon McBurney brings a new staging of the full German Enlightenment opera to the Met this season. This visually stunning production will include projections, acrobatics, and a raised pit, allowing the orchestra to interact with the cast.
Opera Notes:
This opera is an example of the German singspiel style, in which sung texts are interspersed with spoken dialogue. Containing many allusions to Free Masonry (of which the composer was a member), this was Mozart's final opera. The music ranges from solemn, to comic, to triumphant, and contains some of the highest and lowest written notes sung in the operatic repertoire.
Sung in
German
Length:
3 hours & 5 minutes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Watch/Listen
"Ach, ich fühl’s” (Golda Schultz)
Met Opera (current production)
Tamino's Flute Aria (Charles Castronovo)
Met Opera (current production)