Bowler hats and lobsters: WNO's surreal Magic Flute.
The three women give Tamino a magic flute to help in his quest and with the aid of a bird-catcher, Papageno, Tamino journeys to Sarastro’s temple and meets Pamina for the first time.Sir Thomas Allen returns to Scottish Opera to revive his five-star production of Mozart’s most inventive opera. Set in a spectacular world inspired by the Victorian futurism of HG Wells and Jules Verne, this enthralling Magic Flute perfectly balances the opera’s beguiling mix of comedy, fantasy and pantomime with a profound story of the search for wisdom, love and truth.The Magic Flute, written and first staged in 1791, remains forever young. Now seeing its third UK revival, this English National Opera’s co-production with the Dutch National Opera and Aix-en-Provence Festival throws itself with inventiveness and abandon into tackling the many funny, beautiful, moving and contemporary sides of Mozart and Emanuel Schikaneder’s fantastical world.
Performances 31 May 2018 2, 8, 14, 17, 22, 24, 30 June 2018 11, 17, 19, 21 July 2018 Start time 6pm - Interval 7.10pm - Finish 10pm. Insight Talk - Wednesday 18 April 2018 Pre-performance Talk - Friday 8 June 2018, 4.30pm. Mozart’s much-loved final opera, The Magic Flute, celebrates the triumph of love and reason over chaos and evil.Prince Tamino and the bird-catcher Papageno set out on a.The Paris Opera presents its 2018-2019 anniversary season, at the meeting point between tradition and modernity As a national opera, the Paris Opera has historically taken on the role of preserving France's operatic heritage and bringing French opera to life.
Scottish Opera staged the UK’s first Dementia Friendly opera performance in November 2016, with The Marriage of Figaro at Festival Theatre Edinburgh. Those who wish to discover more about how the production was created can attend The Magic Flute Unwrapped, one-hour tasters delving further into the show, as well as Pre-show Talks.
