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The Magic Flute
PREMIERE9/30/1791 — Theater auf der Wieden (Vienna)
COMPOSERWolfgang Amadeus Mozart   
LIBRETTISTEmanuel Schikaneder   
Metropolitan Opera
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DATETIMELOCATION
12/12/20247:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/13/20247:30 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/14/202412:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/15/20242:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/17/20247:30 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/18/20247:30 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/20/20248:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/21/20241:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/24/202412:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY
12/26/20247:30 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/27/20247:30 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/28/202412:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY
12/28/20246:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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12/29/20242:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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1/02/20257:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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1/03/20257:30 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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1/04/202512:00 PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY
Synopsis
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form during the time it was written that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work was premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months before the composer's premature death.

In this opera, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro's community and seeks to join it. Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished. The earthy Papageno, who accompanies Tamino on his quest, fails the trials completely but is rewarded anyway with the hand of his ideal female companion, Papagena.
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RANKTITLEPRODUCTIONS
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This work ranks as the #1 most produced North American title since 2000.

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Alternate Titles/Spellings
Die Zauberflote
Die Zauberflöte
Il flauto magico
La flauta magica
La Flute enchantee
La Flûte enchantée
The Magic Flute (Abridged)
The Magic Flute (adapted)
The Magic Flute Experience: The Temple
Tryllefloejten
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