Opera North

The Magic Flute is a story about the trials of life: growing up, finding your way in the world and
learning to love. Adventure jostles with fantasy, comedy with drama, and Mozart sets it all to a score full
of miraculous music. Popular songs are mixed with stirring choruses, arias of heart-melting beauty with
dazzling vocal pyrotechnics.

One of Mozart’s best-loved but most complex operas tells the story of Prince Tamino. He is on a quest to
rescue Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night, held captive by Sarastro, the Priest of the Sun.
Tamino is accompanied by Papageno, a bird-catcher, who is also on a quest – to find himself a wife, his
Papagena. But their mission soon becomes a journey of discovery, for nothing – not even Day and Night
– is quite as it first appears.