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The Magic Flute
Prince Tamino is lost in a magic land. He meets strange friends and learns about a princess who needs help. She is the daughter of the Queen of the Night. With the Bird-Man Papageno and a magic flute, the prince goes to King Sarastro’s castle to find the princess. There he finds more magic and more surprises!
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First published November 3, 2013
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Emanuel Schikaneder
39 books5 followersEmanuel Schikaneder, born Johann Joseph Schickeneder, was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer and composer. He was the librettist of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute and the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Branscombe called him "one of the most talented theatre men of his era".
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August 22, 2015This is a remarkable story and musical piece by Mozart.
The story involves a couple unaware they will play a vital role in the perpetuation of a Brotherhood.
He is prince Tamino; he’s been contacted to save Pamina: daughter of the Queen of the Night. The latter is bent on the destruction of the Brotherhood led by (“evilish”, we’re misled to think at the beginning) Sarastro, the father of Pamina.
Tamino is told that Sarastro is holding Pamina captive. Plus, to accomplish Pamina’s liberation, Tamino is empowered by a golden flute; he’s joined by a simple-minded fellow called Papageno, who, too, gets a kind of flute and magic bells. Tamino's flute can "melt the coldest heart to love" and "turn grief into joy".
It turns out Sarastro sponsors/loves the couple. Tamino is admitted to the Brotherhood but has to undergo different types of initiatory tests. Of course, those magic instruments will do the trick. Even Pamina on the border of suicide and burdened by rejection feelings,… gets saved.
Surely, the defeated one is the Queen of the Night.
In the end “the sun dominates the night”. Simple minded Papageno,the bird-catcher, who accompanied Tamino, gets to meet Papagena,…and their progeny results: great.
Maybe this Brotherhood has got a Masonic character.
I’ve watched Ingmar Bergman’s 1975 adaptation to cinema (The Magic Flute) and both voice and text are marvelously accomplished.
The story involves a couple unaware they will play a vital role in the perpetuation of a Brotherhood.
He is prince Tamino; he’s been contacted to save Pamina: daughter of the Queen of the Night. The latter is bent on the destruction of the Brotherhood led by (“evilish”, we’re misled to think at the beginning) Sarastro, the father of Pamina.
Tamino is told that Sarastro is holding Pamina captive. Plus, to accomplish Pamina’s liberation, Tamino is empowered by a golden flute; he’s joined by a simple-minded fellow called Papageno, who, too, gets a kind of flute and magic bells. Tamino's flute can "melt the coldest heart to love" and "turn grief into joy".
It turns out Sarastro sponsors/loves the couple. Tamino is admitted to the Brotherhood but has to undergo different types of initiatory tests. Of course, those magic instruments will do the trick. Even Pamina on the border of suicide and burdened by rejection feelings,… gets saved.
Surely, the defeated one is the Queen of the Night.
In the end “the sun dominates the night”. Simple minded Papageno,the bird-catcher, who accompanied Tamino, gets to meet Papagena,…and their progeny results: great.
Maybe this Brotherhood has got a Masonic character.
I’ve watched Ingmar Bergman’s 1975 adaptation to cinema (The Magic Flute) and both voice and text are marvelously accomplished.
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