MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

February 15, 2025 • 9:12 pm

Upcoming at Seattle Opera: Barrie Kosky’s “Magic Flute” Production

Image from Barrie Kosky’s production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” taken from a revival of the original production at Komische Oper Berlin in November 2023. Seattle Opera presents this “Magic Flute,” which mixes live performance with projected animations and references to the world of silent film, Feb. 22-March 9. (Jaro Suffner)

Here’s my Seattle Times preview of the well-traveled production of Mozart’s opera that arrives in Seattle for the first time this weekend:

The Magic Flute has enchanted audiences ever since it opened in 1791, just months before Mozart’s untimely death. 

On the surface, Flute is a fairy tale about a prince who sets out to rescue a supposedly kidnapped princess — only to discover that both are destined for a journey of enlightenment. Along the way, the Queen of the Night loses her struggle to topple the high priest Sarastro, who is revealed to be a benevolent ruler….

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