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LOCATION:Deutsche Oper Berlin\, Berlin
SUMMARY:The Magic Flute
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DESCRIPTION:This opera\, a mixture of Viennese folk theatre\, freemasonic m
 ystery play and fairy tale\, is probably the most frequently performed in 
 the German-speaking world and\, in the colourful and visually stunning pro
 duction by Günter Krämer\, it is a favourite with our audience... Conduc
 tor: Dominic Limburg / Giulio Cilona / Friedrich Praetorius / Anna Handler
 \; Director: Günter Krämer\; With soloists of our ensemble.\nAbout the w
 orkIt’s the most performed opera in the German-speaking region\, an unus
 ual – and masterly – blend of Viennese folk theatre and fairy tale\, m
 ythology and freemasonry mystique: Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE remains a pu
 zzle to this day. Did Mozart and his librettist Schikaneder switch horses 
 from the Queen of the Night to Sarastro half way through? Is the message n
 ot one of distrust towards a supposedly infallible priesthood and its simp
 listic good-versus-evil ideology? Are some Mozart experts right when they 
 talk of a disconnect between text and music? Whatever the answer\, it’s 
 the music that allows us to relate to the story’s contradictions. Far fr
 om denouncing the characters\, it confers an existentiality on their confl
 icts.\n\nTamino is rescued from a dragon by three mysterious women\, who s
 how him a picture of Pamina\, daughter of the Queen of the Night\, who has
  been kidnapped by Sarastro\, high priest of the Temple of the Sun. Besott
 ed with the picture\, Tamino is instructed by the Queen to team up with Pa
 pageno to rescue her. For a talisman he is given a magic flute\, Papageno 
 some magic bells. When they fail to steal Pamina back\, the three of them 
 are subjected to a series of perilous ordeals. Firstly\, the men must prov
 e they can keep silent. With Tamino not speaking to her\, Pamina is about 
 to stab herself but is saved by the three boy spirits\, who lead her to Ta
 mino. The pair then pass the remaining ordeals by fire and water. Meanwhil
 e Papageno has acquired a lady friend\, with whom he dreams of living happ
 ily ever after. Tamino and Pamina are inducted into the brotherhood of the
  Enlightened and embrace the ideals of nature\, wisdom and reason.\n\nAbou
 t the productionThe Günter Krämer production focuses on the antithesis b
 etween two worlds\, represented in THE MAGIC FLUTE by sun versus moon and 
 dark versus light but also by the oppositions of nature versus culture and
  male versus female. These double-sided coins are visualised on stage as t
 he contrast between black and white\, neither of which – like Yin and Ya
 ng – can exist without the other. The fairy tale character of THE MAGIC 
 FLUTE is conveyed with directorial exhilaration and a remarkable set desig
 n\, which have helped to make the production an audience favourite over th
 e last 30 years.
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